Suppose that the epidemiologist wants to re-estimate the population proportion and wishes for her 95% confidence interval to have a margin of error no larger than 0.04. How large a sample should she take to achieve this? Please carry answers to at least six decimal places in intermediate steps.

She needs a sample of at least 385.

Step-by-step explanation:

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of , and a confidence level of , we have the following confidence interval of proportions.

In which

z is the zscore that has a pvalue of .

The margin of error is:

95% confidence level

So , z is the value of Z that has a pvalue of , so .

How large a sample should she take to achieve this?

She needs a sample of size at least n.

n is found when M = 0.04.

We do not know the true population proportion, so we use , which is the case for which we are going to need the largest sample size.

Dividing both sides by 0.05

Rounding up

She needs a sample of at least 385.

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step-by-step explanation:

sine over hypotenuse

cosine   equals adjacent

tangent over hypotenuse