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A company wants to estimate the proportion of employees who have children of daycare age to within 5%, with 95%

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A company wants to estimate the proportion of employees who have children of daycare age to within 5%, with 95% confidence. No estimate is available. How big a sample size is necessary? How big a sample size would be required if the confidence level increased to 98%?

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