A researcher wishes to estimate the proportion of college students who cheat on exams. A poll of 560 college students showed that 15% of them had, or intended to, cheat on examinations. Find the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval of the population proportion. Round to two decimal places.
Solution :
Given that,
Point estimate = sample proportion = = 0.15
Z/2 = 1.96
Margin of error = E = Z / 2 * (( * (1 - )) / n)
= 1.96 * (((0.15 * 0.85) / 560)
= 0.03
Margin of error = 0.03
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