A journalist plans to interview an equal number of members


Question: A journalist plans to interview an equal number of members of two political parties to compare the proportions in each party who favor a proposal to allow citizens with a proper license to carry a concealed handgun in public parks. Let p1 and p2 be the true proportions of members of the two parties who are in favor of the proposal. Suppose it is desired to find a 95% confidence interval for estimating p1 - p2 to within 0.05. Estimate the minimum equal number of members of each party that must be sampled to meet these criteria.

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