A Pilot Sample of 75 Items Was Taken, and the Number

question 153

Multiple Choice

A pilot sample of 75 items was taken, and the number of items with the attribute of interest was found to be 15. How many more items must be sampled to construct a 99% confidence interval estimate for p with a 0.025 margin of error?

• A) 1512
• B) 1612
• C) 1698
• D) 1623

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