We wish to know the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of people who believe that the Earth is flat, with a margin of error of at most 2%. We make an educated guess that about 3% of the population believes that. What sample size should we use?

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We wish to know the 95% confidence interval
for the population proportion of people who
believe that the Earth is flat, with a margin of
error of at most 2%. We make an educated
guess that about 3% of the population believes
that. What sample size should we use?
Transcribed Image Text:We wish to know the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of people who believe that the Earth is flat, with a margin of error of at most 2%. We make an educated guess that about 3% of the population believes that. What sample size should we use?
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