Question

You just saw an ad on television that states the majority of the population would vote to make smoking illegal. The poll that is referenced shows 53%of those asked supported making smoking illegal. in the fine print at the bottom of the screen, you see that the margin of error +/-3%. What is your reaction? Explain.

Answer 1

reaction will be : SMOKING WILL SURELY BECOME ILLEGAL

margin of error = 3%

this shows that that the proportion of people supporting making smoking illegal can be in the range of :

53% - 3% to 53% + 3%

50% to 56%

this shows that the proportion of people who will vote for smoking to be illegal will be between 50% and 56%

this is shows it is highly likely (almost guaranteed) that the result would be smoking becoming illegal as more than 50%(majority) people will vote for making smoking illegal

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