It Is Desired to Estimate the Proportion of College Students $n = 189$

question 124

Multiple Choice

It is desired to estimate the proportion of college students who feel a sudden relief now that their statistics class is over. How many students must be sampled in order to estimate the true proportion to within 2% at the 90% confidence level?

• A) \(n = 189\)
• B) \(n = 2401\)
• C) \(n = 133\)
• D) \(n = 1692\)
• E) Cannot determine because no estimate of \(p\) or \(q\) exists in this problem

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