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Question 8

Suppose a 90 percent confidence interval to estimate a population proportion was calculated from a sample proportion of 18 percent and a margin of error of 4 percent. What is the width of the confidence interval?
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8 percent
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36 percent

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Answer: 8%

Explanation:

User Bart Vangeneugden
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Answer:

The answer is 8%

From the given information, the sample proportion is 18% and a margin of error is 4 percent.

Then, a 90% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion is

(18 +/- 4)

(18-4, 18+4)

(14%, 22%)

22-14 = 8

User Mark Jeronimus
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