Question: Did you vote? When the Current Population Survey asked the adults in its sample of 50,000 households if they voted in the most recent presidential

Did you vote? When the Current Population Survey asked the adults in its sample of 50,000 households if they voted in the most recent presidential election, 54% said they had. In fact, only 49% of the adult population voted in that election.

(a) Use the quick method to estimate the margin of error for this survey. (Although the CPS sample is not an SRS, the quick method still gives a reasonably accurate estimate of the margin of error.)

(b) Why do you think the CPS result missed by much more than the margin of error?

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