A researcher wishes to estimate the percentage of adults who support abolishing the penny. What size sample should be obtained if he wishes the estimate to be within 4 percentage points with 95% confidence if (a) he uses a previous estimate of 32%? (b) he does not use any prior estimates? Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 1). Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 2). (a) n = (Round up to the nearest integer.)

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A researcher wishes to estimate the percentage of adults who support abolishing the penny. What size sample should
be obtained if he wishes the estimate to be within 4 percentage points with 95% confidence if
(a) he uses a previous estimate of 32%?
(b) he does not use any prior estimates?
Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 1).
Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 2).
(a) n = (Round up to the nearest integer.)
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Transcribed Image Text:A researcher wishes to estimate the percentage of adults who support abolishing the penny. What size sample should be obtained if he wishes the estimate to be within 4 percentage points with 95% confidence if (a) he uses a previous estimate of 32%? (b) he does not use any prior estimates? Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 1). Click here to view the standard normal distribution table (page 2). (a) n = (Round up to the nearest integer.) ...
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