In a recent poll, 570 people were asked if they liked dogs, and 62% said they did. Find the margin of error of this poll, at the 95% confidence level.

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Computing Margin of Error: Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion

In a recent poll, 570 people were asked if they liked dogs, and 62% said they did. Find the margin of error of this poll, at the 95% confidence level.

Give your answer as a decimal, rounded to three decimal places.

 
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