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Performing Hypothesis Tests: Proportions
9. Hypothesis Testing for One Sample / Performing Hypothesis Tests: Proportions / Problem 5
Problem 5

A health newsletter asserts that 15%15\% of residents in County B smoke cigarettes. What is the minimum required sample size (nn) to estimate this proportion with a 95%95\% confidence interval with a margin of error (EE) of 0.030.03, using the claimed proportion as the planning value?