A principal of a college wants to estimate the proportion of smokers among his students. What

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A principal of a college
wants to estimate the
proportion of smokers
among his students. What
size of a sample should he
select so as to have the
proportion of smokers not to
exceed by 10 per cent with
almost certainty. It is
believed from previous
records that the proportion
of smokers was 0.30.
Transcribed Image Text:A principal of a college wants to estimate the proportion of smokers among his students. What size of a sample should he select so as to have the proportion of smokers not to exceed by 10 per cent with almost certainty. It is believed from previous records that the proportion of smokers was 0.30.
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