You Have Been Assigned to Determine Whether More People Prefer

question 43

Essay

You have been assigned to determine whether more people prefer Coke to Pepsi.Assume that roughly half the population prefers Coke and half prefers Pepsi.How large a sample would you need to take to ensure that you could estimate,with 95% confidence,the proportion of people preferring Coke within 3% of the actual value?

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