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Determine the margin of error

Determine the margin of error-example-1
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Answer:The formula is ME(margin of Error)= 2 times the square root of P "hat" times (1 minus P "hat") divide by the amount of people surveyed. The 2 stands for two standard deviation over that stands for 95 % confidence interval. P hat is the result of the survey as a decimal.

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Answer: 0.166
The calculation is: (0.897-0.565)/2 = 0.166. Hence, the margin of error is 0.166 for this confidence interval for the proportion value
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