Chapter 11: Q. 11.36 (page 460)
Obtain a sample size that will ensure a margin of error of at most the one specified.
Margin of error
Confidence level
Short Answer
The required sample size is
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Chapter 11: Q. 11.36 (page 460)
Obtain a sample size that will ensure a margin of error of at most the one specified.
Margin of error
Confidence level
The required sample size is
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Smallpox Vaccine. ABCNEWS.com published the results of a poll that asked U.S. adults whether they would get a smallpox shot if it were available. Sampling, data collection, and tabulation were done by TNS Intersearch of Horsham, Pennsylvania. When the risk of the vaccine was described in detail, in of those surveyed said they would take the smallpox shot. According to the article, "the results have a three-point margin of error" (for a confidence level). Use the information provided to obtain a confidence interval for the percentage of all U.S. adults who would take a smallpox shot, knowing the risk of the vaccine.
Margin of error
Confidence level
Educated guess
(a) Obtain a sample size that will ensure a margin of error of at most the one specified (provided of course that the observed value of the sample proportion is further from that of the educated guess.
(b). Compare your answer to the corresponding one and explain the reason for the difference, if any.
Obtain a sample size
Margin of error
Confidence level
likely range
Margin of error
Confidence level
Educated guess
(a) Obtain a sample size that will ensure a margin of error of at most the one specified (provided of course that the observed value of the sample proportion is further from that of the educated guess.
(b). Compare your answer to the corresponding one and explain the reason for the difference, if any.
In discussing the sample size required for obtaining a confidence interval with a prescribed confidence level and margin of error, we made the following statement: "If we have in mind a likely range for the observed value of , then, in light of Fig. , we should take as our educated guess for the value in the range closest to "Explain why.
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