$$\text { TABLE 8-10 }$$ The President of a University Would Like to Estimate the Would

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$$\text { TABLE 8-10 }$$ The president of a university would like to estimate the proportion of the student population that owns a personal computer. In a sample of 500 students, 417 own a personal computer.
-Referring to Table 8-10, the sampling error of a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of student population who own a personal computer is_____ .

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