A political candidate has asked you to conduct a poll to determine what percentage of people support him. If the candidate only wants a 8% margin of error at a 95% confidence level, what size of sample is needed? When finding the z-value, round it to four decimal places. Hint: Video [+]

A political candidate has asked you to conduct a poll to determine what percentage of people support him. If the candidate only wants a 8% margin of error at a 95% confidence level, what size of sample is needed? When finding the z-value, round it to four decimal places. Hint: Video [+]

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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Looking for help with this problem regarding confidence intervals. If using a ti-84 plus, please show steps. Round to 4 decimal places please. Thank you.