A survey conducted between February 25 and March 10, 2002, asked a random sample of n = 2,105 adult Americans, "Do you favor or oppose scientific experimentation on the cloning of human beings?" The responses and the percentages of adults that selected them were as follows: Favor (13%), Oppose (72%), Don't know or Refused to answer (15%). (a) What is the approximate margin of error (as a proportion) for this survey? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)   (b) Find approximate 95% confidence intervals for the proportion and the percentage of adult Americans who would say they favor this experimentation. (Round your proportions to three decimal places and your percentages to one decimal place.) proportion _, _percentage _, _%

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A survey conducted between February 25 and March 10, 2002, asked a random sample of
n = 2,105
adult Americans, "Do you favor or oppose scientific experimentation on the cloning of human beings?" The responses and the percentages of adults that selected them were as follows: Favor (13%), Oppose (72%), Don't know or Refused to answer (15%).
(a)
What is the approximate margin of error (as a proportion) for this survey? (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
 
(b)
Find approximate 95% confidence intervals for the proportion and the percentage of adult Americans who would say they favor this experimentation. (Round your proportions to three decimal places and your percentages to one decimal place.)
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