According to the results of a survey,  32%  of  102  people indicated that American football is their favorite sport. Assuming that the percentage remains the same, how many more people should be surveyed to have a margin of error of  6%

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According to the results of a survey, 

32%
 of 
102
 people indicated that American football is their favorite sport. Assuming that the percentage remains the same, how many more people should be surveyed to have a margin of error of 
6%
? Round up to the nearest whole number, if necessary.

 

 
In order to have a margin of error of 
6%
, you need to survey 
 
 more people.
 
 
???????
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Step 1

Consider the level of significance as 0.05.

Computation of critical value:

1-α=0.95α=0.05α2=0.0251-α2=0.975

The critical value of z-distribution can be obtained using the excel formula “=NORM.S.INV(0.975)”. The critical value is 1.96.

The number of people is,

n=zα2E2p1-p=1.960.0620.321-0.32=1067.1111×0.2176=232.2034233

The number of people is 233.

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