Assume we had no prior knowledge about the true proportion π. We want to construct a 95% confidence interval for π with margin of error 2%. How large a sample is needed? How does the sample size change if we want to be 99% confident?

Assume we had no prior knowledge about the true proportion π. We want to construct a 95% confidence interval for π with margin of error 2%. How large a sample is needed? How does the sample size change if we want to be 99% confident?

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