College X Is Concerned About Their Employees Making Use of Their

question 7

Multiple Choice

College X is concerned about their employees making use of their email for non-business purposes. You have been approached to assist in this matter. College X decides on a 99% confidence level and state that the estimation proportion must be within 2 percent of the population proportion. A pilot survey reveals that 10 out of 50 emails sampled were not for business purposes. How many emails should be surveyed to meet your requirements?

• A) 910
• B) 1,537
• C) 1,083
• D) 1,221
• E) 2,663

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.