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Suppose a recent election exit pollster reports that Forty-eight percent of the voters polled said they voted for Candidate A. The margin of error for this survey is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.. Assume the exit poll was designed and conducted correctly. About how many people were sampled?
 a. 40
  b. 1,600
  c. 16,000
  d. Not enough information to tell.

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Suppose a recent election exit pollster reports that Forty-eight percent of the voters polled said they voted for Candidate A. The margin of error for this survey is plus or minus 2.5 percentage points.. Assume the exit poll was designed and conducted correctly. What can be concluded about Candidate A?
 a. 48 of all voters will vote for Candidate A.
  b. We are confident that between 45.5 and 50.5 of all voters will vote for Candidate A. This means he/she will win the election, because 50.5 is more than half of the votes.
  c. We are confident that between 45.5 and 50.5 of the voters will vote for Candidate A. The election is too close to call' at this point. It could go either way.
  d. None of the above



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Answer to Question 1

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