A survey was conducted to determine the percentage ofcollege freshmen that planned to take a math course while in college. The results were given as 75% with a margin oferror of +/- 4%. What does the margin of error of +/- 4%mean?Select one:•4% of the students surveyed refused to participate in the poll.•4% of the students surveyed will most likely change theirminds.• Your guess can be up to 4% wrong and your confidenceinterval will still be correct•4% of the population was not included in the survey.



Answer :

Recall that the a margin of error ir a way to do calculations under uncertainty. What the margin of error does is guarantee that the given calculation, under uncertainty, will still be valid within that range.

In our example, we are given that the calculation is 75% with a margin of error of 4%. That is, that the process of calculation that the real value would be with a high confidence between 71% and 79%. So, a value of 77% would be still correct, as it is between the admissible ranges.

So, the anwer would be option C.

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