Before the 2008 presidential campaign, the Gallup Poll asked a sample of 1,000 people for whom they would vote for president; 52% said Obama. The margin of error announced by news reports of this poll was   A. ± 2%.   B. ± 3%.   C. ± 8%.   D. ± 4%.   E. ± 6%

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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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Before the 2008 presidential campaign, the Gallup Poll asked a sample of 1,000 people for whom they would vote for president; 52% said Obama. The margin of error announced by news reports of this poll was
  A.
± 2%.
  B.
± 3%.
  C.
± 8%.
  D.
± 4%.
  E.
± 6%
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Given data,

n=1000

p=52%=0.52

 

Let the confidence interval be 95%

z-value at 95% confidence is Zc=1.96

Margin of error(E)=?

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