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A poll of 2752 U.S. adults found that 90% regularly used Facebook as a news source....
A poll of 2752 U.S. adults found that 90% regularly used
Facebook as a news source.
Find the margin of error and confidence interval for the percentage of U.S. adults who regularly use Facebook as a news source, at the 90% level of confidence. Round all answers to 2 decimal places.
Margin of Error (as a percentage):
Confidence Interval: % to %
Find the margin of error and confidence interval for the percentage of U.S. adults who regularly use Facebook as a news source, at the 95% level of confidence. Round all answers to 2 decimal places.
Margin of Error (as a percentage):
Confidence Interval: % to %
Find the margin of error and confidence interval for the percentage of U.S. adults who regularly use Facebook as a news source, at the 99% level of confidence. Round all answers to 2 decimal places.
Margin of Error (as a percentage):
Confidence Interval: % to %
The more error we allow, the less precise our estimate. Therefore, as the confidence level increases, the precision of our estimate
- stays roughly the same
- decreases
- increases
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