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Assume that a sample is used to estimate a population proportion p. Find the margin of error M.E. that corresponds to a
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Report answer accurate to one decimal place (as a number of percentage points). Answer should be obtained without any preliminary rounding (however, the critical value may be rounded to 3 decimal places).
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