The article "Should Canada Allow Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs?"† calls for the legalization of advertising of prescription drugs in Canada. Suppose you wanted to conduct a survey to estimate the proportion of Canadians who would allow this type of advertising. How large of a random sample would be required to estimate this proportion with a margin of error of 0.01? (Round your answer up to the nearest integer.) Assume a 95% confidence level and the population proportion, p = 0.50.

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The article "Should Canada Allow Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs?"† calls for the legalization of advertising of prescription drugs in Canada. Suppose you wanted to conduct a survey to estimate the proportion of Canadians who would allow this type of advertising. How large of a random sample would be required to estimate this proportion with a margin of error of 0.01? (Round your answer up to the nearest integer.) Assume a 95% confidence level and the population proportion, p = 0.50.
 
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