Suppose that you were going to take a sample of Florida stud…

Suppose that you were going to take a sample of Florida students. You were interested in estimating the proportion who had ever called/emailed/spoken with their congressmen. You were uncertain what this proportion was; however, you wanted to be 95% confident with a margin of error equal to 0.028. What sample size do you need?

Suppose that 60% of Americans planned to vote in the next el…

Suppose that 60% of Americans planned to vote in the next election. You take a random sample of 60 people and ask them if they plan on voting in the next presidential election.  What approximate distribution would you expect for the sampling distribution of the sample proportion of Americans who planned on voting?

Suppose that 60% of Americans planned to vote in the next el…

Suppose that 60% of Americans planned to vote in the next election. You take a random sample of 100 people and ask them if they plan on voting in the next presidential election.  What approximate distribution would you expect for the sampling distribution of the sample proportion of Americans who planned on voting?