Peter writes a blog covering news from his local area. he placed a survey on his blog asking whether users desired a change to his blog’s design. a total of 240 users took the survey on a day when the website had 2,975 visitors. peter found that 55% of those surveyed were in favor of changing the design. assuming a 90% confidence level, which of the following statements holds true? a: as the sample size is appropriately large, the margin of error is ±0.053. b: as the sample size is appropriately large, the margin of error is ±0.063. c: as the sample size is too small, the margin of error cannot be trusted. d: as the sample size is too small, the margin of error is ±0.053.

A: As the sample size is appropriately large, the margin of error is ±0.053.

correct

Option A is correct

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Peter placed a survey on his blog asking whether users desired a changed to his blog's design.

A total of 240 users took the survey on a day when there were 2975 visitors

Sample proportion p= 55%=0.55

q=1-0.55 =0.45

n =240

std error =

For 90% z value = 1.645

Margin of error =±1.645(0.0032)

=0.0528

=±0.053

A: As the sample size is appropriately large, the margin of error is ±0.053.

D is not right because sample size is not too small, a sample size more than 30 cannot be considered as too small.  Also out of 2975 visitors, 240 took survey which seems reasonable size.

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