1. A simple random sample of 300 U.S. adults indicated that 11% approve of attempts to clone a human.  Calculate a 95% confidence interval using the results of the survey. Express the interval in % form, rounded to 1 decimal place.   Group of answer choices (7.5%, 14.5%)

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1. A simple random sample of 300 U.S. adults indicated that 11% approve of attempts to clone a human.  Calculate a 95% confidence interval using the results of the survey.

Express the interval in % form, rounded to 1 decimal place.  

Group of answer choices
(7.5%, 14.5%)
(0.1%, 0.2%)
(1.5%, 5.8%)
(0.15%, .058%)
 

2. I want to estimate the proportion of HCC students planning to transfer to universities outside the state of Maryland.   How many students would I need to sample to be 95% confident with a margin of error of 0.09?

Recall the sample size formula n=((z∗)2p̂q̂)/(ME)2 .  Since I do not a previous estimate for the proportion, use p̂=0.5 .

Type in your answer below as a whole number.

n = [n]

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