Of 1091 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 801 resulted in death within 10 years. How large must the sample be if we wish to be 95% confident that the error in estimating p is less than or equal to 0.03?

Of 1091 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 801 resulted in death within 10 years. How large must the sample be if we wish to be 95% confident that the error in estimating p is less than or equal to 0.03?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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