p=62.5%=0.625
Marginoferror,E=0.02
Thecriticalvalueforthesignificancelevelα=0.1iszc=1.645,
whichisobtainedbylookingintoastandardnormalprobabilitytable.
Samplesize,n≥p(1−p)(EZc)2
=0.625(1−0.625)(0.021.645)2
=1585.28≈1586
Requiredsamplesize,n=1586
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