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A researcher wishes to estimate, with 99% confidence, the population proportion of motor vehicle fatalities that...
A researcher wishes to estimate, with 99% confidence, the population proportion of motor vehicle fatalities that were caused by alcohol-impaired driving. His estimate must be accurate within 33% of the population proportion.
(a) No preliminary estimate is available. Find the minimum sample size needed.
(b) Find the minimum sample size needed, using a prior study that found that 36% of motor vehicle fatalities that were caused by alcohol-impaired driving.
(c) Compare the results from parts (a) and (b).
(a) What is the minimum sample size needed assuming that no prior information is available?
n =?(Round up to the nearest whole number as needed.)
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