When You Calculate the Sample Size for a Proportion,you Use $P _ { \text {est } }$

question 2

Multiple Choice

When you calculate the sample size for a proportion,you use an estimate for the population proportion;namely $P _ { \text {est } }$
) A conservative value for n can be obtained by using $P _ { \text {est } }$
=

• A) 0.01
• B) 0.05
• C) 0.10
• D) 0.50
• E) 1.00

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