Reading proficiency: An educator wants to construct a

99.5%

confidence interval for the proportion of elementary school children in Colorado who are proficient in reading.

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(a) The results of a recent statewide test suggested that the proportion is

0.69

. Using this estimate, what sample size is needed so that the confidence interval will have a margin of error of

0.03

?

A sample of

elementary school children is needed to obtain a

99.5%

confidence interval with a margin of error of

0.03

.