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Question: It is believed that as many as 25% of adults over 50 never graduated from high school. We wish to...

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it is believed that as many as 21% of adults over 50 never graduated from high school. We wish to see if this percentage is the same among the 25 to 30 age group.

A) How many if this younger are group must we survey in order to estimate the proportion of non-grads to within 4% with 90% confidence?

B) Suppose we want to cut the margin of error to 4% What's the necessary sample size?

C) What sample size would produce a margin of error of 3%

Answer 1

A)

Answer: 281

B)

Answer: 281

C)

Answer: 499