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a study done in the 1990\'s indicated that 6% of taxi drivers in new york city r

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Question

a study done in the 1990's indicated that 6% of taxi drivers in new york city regularly ran a stop sign. a new study is being done to determine if recent law changes has affected this rate. how many drivers must be investigated so that we can be 99% confident that our results are within a margin of 2% a study done in the 1990's indicated that 6% of taxi drivers in new york city regularly ran a stop sign. a new study is being done to determine if recent law changes has affected this rate. how many drivers must be investigated so that we can be 99% confident that our results are within a margin of 2% a study done in the 1990's indicated that 6% of taxi drivers in new york city regularly ran a stop sign. a new study is being done to determine if recent law changes has affected this rate. how many drivers must be investigated so that we can be 99% confident that our results are within a margin of 2%

Explanation / Answer

Margin of error = E = 0.02

p = 0.06

q = 0.94

p*q = 0.0564

Z value = 2.33

(Z value/ E)^2 = 116.5^2 =13572.25

n = pq * (Zvalue/E)^2 =766.28~766.