A study is done In Sydney to estimate the proportion of people living there who have travelled outside of Australia. Previous research has found that this proportion is equal to roughly 28%. a. Fund the minimum sample size needed for the study in order to obtain a minimum of 5% margin of error in an approximate 95% confldence Interval for thus proportion. (use L136

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A study is done In Sydney to estimate the proportion of people living there who have travelled outside of Australia. Previous research has found that this proportion is equal to roughly 28%.

a. Fund the minimum sample size needed for the study in order to obtain a minimum of 5% margin of error in an approximate 95% confldence Interval for thus proportion. (use L136)

 

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