Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel (with XLSTAT Education Edition Printed Access Card)
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ISBN: 9780357191484
Author: David R. Anderson; Dennis J. Sweeney; Thomas A. Williams
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 8, Problem 62SE
A well-known bank credit card firm wishes to estimate the proportion of credit card holders who carry a nonzero balance at the end of the month and incur an interest charge. Assume that the desired margin of error is .03 at 98% confidence.
- a. How large a sample should be selected if it is anticipated that roughly 70% of the firm’s card holders carry a nonzero balance at the end of the month?
- b. How large a sample should be selected if no planning value for the proportion could be specified?
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