Question: Suppose that Gallop Polling Inc. took a simple random sample of 1,000 UNLV students and found that mean income (XBAR) was $28,000. If the sample

Suppose that Gallop Polling Inc. took a simple random sample of 1,000 UNLV students and found that mean income (XBAR) was $28,000. If the sample size was lowered to 800 students, the margin of error for a 95 percent confidence interval for , would 1) increase 2) decrease 3) either smaller or larger, but we cannot tell. Assume all other inputs stay the same. Provide an explanation/justification for your answer. Just choosing 1, 2, or 3 is not sufficient and will result in a zero for this

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