Given that the sample proportion of Americans who are dissatisfied with the quality of education is 0.53 and the sample size is 1012. A) Estimate the proportion of local adults who are dissatisfied with the education students receive in kindergarten through grade 12 with 95% confidence and a 5% margin of error. Assume that local adults won't differ drastically from those Gallup used, how many people should be sampled?

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Given that the sample proportion of Americans who are dissatisfied with the quality of education is 0.53 and the sample size is 1012.

A) Estimate the proportion of local adults who are dissatisfied with the education students receive in kindergarten through grade 12 with 95% confidence and a 5% margin of error. Assume that local adults won't differ drastically from those Gallup used, how many people should be sampled?

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