A Human Resources Manager at a Large Company Wants to Estimate

question 56

Multiple Choice

A human resources manager at a large company wants to estimate the proportion of employees that would be interested in reimbursement for college courses. If she wishes
To be 95% confident that her estimate is within 5% of the true proportion, how many
Employees would need to be sampled?

• A) 271
• B) 385
• C) 543
• D) 646
• E) 1234

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