A political candidate has asked you to conduct a poll to determine what percentage of people support her. If the candidate only wants a 8% margin of error at a 90% confidence level, what size of sample is needed?   What value did you use for ˆpp^ ?  Why did you choose that value?

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A political candidate has asked you to conduct a poll to determine what percentage of people support her.

If the candidate only wants a 8% margin of error at a 90% confidence level, what size of sample is needed?

 

What value did you use for ˆpp^ ?  Why did you choose that value?

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