A researcher wishes to estimate the number of households with two cars. How large a sample is needed in order to be 99​% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 5​%? A previous study indicates that the proportion of households with two cars is 22​%.     A. 584   B. 373   C. 7   D. 456

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A researcher wishes to estimate the number of households with two cars. How large a sample is needed in order to be 99​% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 5​%? A previous study indicates that the proportion of households with two cars is 22​%.

 

 
A.
584
 
B.
373
 
C.
7
 
D.
456
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