In 16% of all homes with a stay-at-home parent, the father is the stay-at-home parent (Pew Research, June 5, 2014). An independent research firm has been charged with conducting a sample survey to obtain more current information. Required:
a. What sample size is needed if the research firm's goal is to estimate the current proportion of homes with a stay-at-home parent in which the father is the stay-at-home parent with a margin of error of 0.03 (round up to the next whole number).
b. Repeat part (a) using a 99% confidence level (round up to the next whole number).

a)

, in which z is related to the confidence level.

b) A sample size of 991 is needed.

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:

In 16% of all homes with a stay-at-home parent, the father is the stay-at-home parent

This means that

a. What sample size is needed if the research firm's goal is to estimate the current proportion of homes with a stay-at-home parent in which the father is the stay-at-home parent with a margin of error of 0.03 (round up to the next whole number).

This is n for which . So

, in which z is related to the confidence level.

Question b:

99% confidence level,

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

Rounding up

A sample size of 991 is needed.

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step-by-step explanation:

all of the other ones have a specific pattern