Find the sample size required to estimate the percentage of college students who use student loans to help fund their tuition. Assume that we want 95% confidence that the proportion from the sample is within two percentage points of the true population percentage. Record your answer as a whole number.

We need a sample of size at least 2401.

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:

95% confidence level

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

Assume that we want 95% confidence that the proportion from the sample is within two percentage points of the true population percentage.

We need a sample of size at least n.

n is found when

We don't know the exact proportion, so we use , which is the case for which we are going to need the largest sample size.

We need a sample of size at least 2401.

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