Given that <span>a particular candidate for public office is in fact favored by 48% of all registered voters in the district, thus p = 0.48
If </span><span>a polling organization will take a random sample of 550 voters, i.e. n= 550.
</span>T<span>he approximate probability that p̂ will be greater than 0.5 is given by:
Therefore, </span><span>the approximate probability that p̂ will be greater than 0.5, causing the polling organization to incorrectly predict the result of the upcoming election is 0.1739.</span>
If </span><span>a polling organization will take a random sample of 550 voters, i.e. n= 550.
</span>T<span>he approximate probability that p̂ will be greater than 0.5 is given by:
Therefore, </span><span>the approximate probability that p̂ will be greater than 0.5, causing the polling organization to incorrectly predict the result of the upcoming election is 0.1739.</span>