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Find the proportion of the respondents who said that closing local papers would hurt civic life a lot.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

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A poll asked for people's opinion on whether closing local newspapers would hurt civic life; 425 of 1001 respondents said it would hurt civic life a lot.

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