In: Statistics and Probability
The percentage of people not covered by health care insurance was 15.8%. A congressional committee has been charged with conducting a sample survey to obtain more current information.
a)
| here margin of error E = | 0.03 | |
| for95% CI crtiical Z = | 1.960 | |
| estimated prop.=p= | 0.1580 | |
| required sample size n= | p*(1-p)*(z/E)2= | 568 | 
b)
| here margin of error E = | 0.03 | |
| for99% CI crtiical Z = | 2.576 | |
| estimated prop.=p= | 0.1580 | |
| reqd. sample size n= | p*(1-p)*(z/E)2= | 981 | 
(if z score is restricted to 2 decimals , above should be 984)