Provide an Appropriate Response $90 \%$ Confidence Interval Was Desired to Estimate the True Proportion to Lobby's

question 109

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-Many people think that a national lobby's successful fight against gun control legislation is reflecting the will of a minority of Americans. A previous random sample of 4000 citizens yielded 2250 who are in favor of gun control legislation. How many citizens would need to be sampled if a $90 \%$ confidence interval was desired to estimate the true proportion to within $3 \%$ ?

• A) 740
• B) 782
• C) 752
• D) 692

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