Question

A political candidate wants to estimate their chance of winning the next election. There are 115934 registered voters in this political candidate’s electorate. The political candidate’s team sent a survey to a group of registered voters in the electorate. Of the survey’s sent, 1859 responded to the survey. From the respondents, it was found that 49.4% stated that they would vote for this candidate. What is the value of the sample size?

Answer 1

Answer:918

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of registered voters in the political candidate’s electorate= 115934

Number of voters responded to the survey= 1859

 Percent voters stating they would vote for that candidate= 49.4%

Value of sample size =

Percent of voters/100 *1859

(49.4/100 )*1859

= 918.346

≈918

Hence,the value of the sample size is 918