document.write( "Question 161795: If the standard error of the sampling distribution of the sample proportion is .0337 for samples of size 200, then the population proportion must be: (
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The formula for standard error is,
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\n" ); document.write( "\"sqrt%28%28p%281-p%29%29%2Fn%29=sqrt%28%28p%281-p%29%29%2F200%29=.0337\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28p%281-p%29%29%2F200=.00113569\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"p%281-p%29=.227138\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"p%5B1%5D+=+%281+%2B+.3024+%29%2F%282%29+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "The answer is D) 0.35 or 0.65.
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