One    month    before    the    election,    a    poll    of    360    randomly    selected    voters    showed that     240 planning    to    vote    for    a    certain    candidate.     1)] Use    the    above    information    to    construct    a    90%    confidence    interval    for    the    population     proportion    of    votes    planning    to    vote    for    this    candidate. ]    What    is    the    sample    size    of    potential    voters    required    to    be    able    to    estimate    90%    confidence     interval    for population    proportion    with    2%    accuracy: What    is    the    sample    size    of    potential    voters    required    to    be    able    to    estimate    99%    confidence     interval    for    population    proportion    with    1%    accuracy:

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One    month    before    the    election,    a    poll    of    360    randomly    selected    voters    showed that    
240 planning    to    vote    for    a    certain    candidate.    

1)] Use    the    above    information    to    construct    a    90%    confidence    interval    for    the    population    
proportion    of    votes    planning    to    vote    for    this    candidate.

]    What    is    the    sample    size    of    potential    voters    required    to    be    able    to    estimate    90%    confidence    
interval    for population    proportion    with    2%    accuracy:

What    is    the    sample    size    of    potential    voters    required    to    be    able    to    estimate    99%    confidence    
interval    for    population    proportion    with    1%    accuracy:    

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