A Local Politician Wants an Estimate of the Proportion of the Population

question 47

Short Answer

A local politician wants an estimate of the proportion of the population who support her fiscal policies. She wants the estimate to be within .06 of the true proportion. Assume a 95 percent level of confidence. The politician's advisors estimated the proportion supporting her fiscal policy to be .60. How large of a sample is required?

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Definitions:

Poor Decisions

Choices or judgments that result in undesirable outcomes, often due to a lack of information, consideration, or impulse control.

Consensus

This term means general agreement among a group or the shared conclusions of a collective.

Stereotype

A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people.

Latin-American

Pertaining to cultures and peoples of countries in the Americas where Romance languages, primarily Spanish and Portuguese, are spoken.