A Human Resources Manager Wishes to Estimate the Proportion of Employees

question 86

Essay

A human resources manager wishes to estimate the proportion of employees in her large company who have supplemental health insurance. What is the largest size sample she should select if she wants 95 percent confidence and a margin of error of ± 0.01?

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The process by which an individual's ability to perceive, think, and understand their world grows and matures.

Preoperational Thought

A cognitive development stage in young children marked by the beginning of symbolic thinking but lacking operations (reversible mental actions).

Symbols

Signs or objects used to represent ideas, concepts, or other abstractions.

Script

A sequence of behaviors, actions, or events that are expected to follow a particular order in specific social or situational contexts.