you want to obtain a sample to estimate a population proportion. at this point in time, you have no reasonable preliminary estimation for the population proportion. you would like to be 95% confident that you estimate is within 2% of the true population proportion. how large of a sample size is required

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Answer:

The value is  [tex]n =2401  [/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that  

 The  margin of error is  E = 2%= 0.02

From the question we are told the confidence level is  95% , hence the level of significance is    

      [tex]\alpha = (100 - 95 ) \%[/tex]

=>   [tex]\alpha = 0.05[/tex]

Generally from the normal distribution table the critical value  of  [tex]\frac{\alpha }{2}[/tex] is  

   [tex]Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} } =  1.96[/tex]

Here we are going to assume that the sample proportion is  [tex]\^ p = 0.50[/tex]

  Generally the sample size is mathematically represented as  

    [tex]n = [\frac{Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} }}{E} ]^2 * \^ p (1 - \^ p ) [/tex]

=>   [tex]n =[\frac{ 1.96 }{ 0.02} ]^2 * 0.5 (1 -0.5  ) [/tex]

=>    [tex]n =2401  [/tex]