Linda Silbers is a social scientist studying voter opinion about a city bond proposal for a light-rail mass transit system in Denver. Linda wants to be 95% sure that her sample estimate of the proportion of voters who favor the bond is in error by no more than 5%. How large a sample should she use? estimate the proportion of voters who favor the bond. She wants If a preliminary study showed that is approximately 73%, she should use a sample of voters. If she has no preliminary estimate for p, she should use a sample of voters.

Linda Silbers is a social scientist studying voter opinion about a city bond proposal for a light-rail mass transit system in Denver. Linda wants to be 95% sure that her sample estimate of the proportion of voters who favor the bond is in error by no more than 5%. How large a sample should she use? estimate the proportion of voters who favor the bond. She wants If a preliminary study showed that is approximately 73%, she should use a sample of voters. If she has no preliminary estimate for p, she should use a sample of voters.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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