The Following Confidence Interval Is Obtained for a Population Proportion

question 77

Multiple Choice

The following confidence interval is obtained for a population proportion, p: (0.348, 0.382) Use these confidence interval limits to find the margin of error, E.

• A)0.017
• B)0.034
• C)0.015
• D)0.018

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