A Community Has 2,000 Registered Voters

question 34

Short Answer

A community has 2,000 registered voters. A pilot study revealed that 70% of the individuals are planning to vote for the incumbent mayor. We are interested in selecting a sample. So that the sampling error will not exceed 4%, what size sample should be taken?

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Definitions:

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