The US Department of Labor Wants to Estimate the Percentage of of Females

question 7

Multiple Choice

The U.S. Department of Labor wants to estimate the percentage of females in the labor force to within ±2% with 90% confidence. As a planning value they use 46%, the
Reported percentage of females in the labor force of EU (European Union) countries.
How many employment records should be sampled?

• A) 121
• B) 269
• C) 451
• D) 382
• E) 1681

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