A Senator Wishes to Estimate the Proportion of United States

question 34

Multiple Choice

A senator wishes to estimate the proportion of United States voters who favor abolishing the Electoral College.How large a sample is needed in order to be 99% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from thetrue proportion by more than 3%?

• A) 1842
• B) 1509
• C) 22
• D) 3684

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