The. Nielsen television ratings used a random sample of 2,000 homes and found that 45% of the homes watched a football game on Monday night.  With 95% confidence, what would the margin of error be if this sample was used to estimate the percent of all homes that watch football on Monday night. Round answer to the nearest percent.   a. 3%   b. 5%   c. 2%   d. 1%

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The. Nielsen television ratings used a random sample of 2,000 homes and found that 45% of the homes watched a football game on Monday night.  With 95% confidence, what would the margin of error be if this sample was used to estimate the percent of all homes that watch football on Monday night. Round answer to the nearest percent.

  a.

3%

  b.

5%

  c.

2%

  d.

1%

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