A College Believes That 22% of Applicants to That School

question 62

Multiple Choice

A college believes that 22% of applicants to that school have parents who have remarried. How large a sample is needed to estimate the true proportion of students who have parents who have remarried to within 5 percentage points with 99% confidence?

• A) 153
• B) 373
• C) 457
• D) 686

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