A survey of 1000 adults in the us ask do you favor or appose sin taxes on soda and junk food. The proportion in favor of taxing these foods was 32%. what is the margin of error?  round to one decimal place. if we want a margin of error of only 1% ( with 99% confidence) what sample is needed?  round your answer up to the nearest integer. Do not use commas.

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A survey of 1000 adults in the us ask do you favor or appose sin taxes on soda and junk food. The proportion in favor of taxing these foods was 32%. what is the margin of error?  round to one decimal place. if we want a margin of error of only 1% ( with 99% confidence) what sample is needed?  round your answer up to the nearest integer. Do not use commas.     

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Does the Public Support Sin Taxes?

A survey of 1000 adults in the US conducted in March 2011 asked ‘‘Do you favor or oppose ‘sin taxes’ on soda and junk food?” The proportion in favor of taxing these foods was 32%.

(a) Find a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of US adults favoring taxes on soda and junk food. Round your answers to three decimal places.

 

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find a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of us adults favoring taxes on soda and junk food. round your answer to 3 decimal places.  what is the margin of error? round to one decimal place.

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