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imagine that you are conducting a poll to determine the percentage of adults who gamble at least once a month. As your sample size increases (let us say from 100 to 400 cases), which of the following becomes true? A)Confidence interval becomes widerB)Margin of error becomes smallerC)Amount of sampling error increasesD)Margin of error increases2)The reason that you would select the option that you did above is due to what is known as _____

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Answer:B) The margin of error becomes smallerStep-by-step explanation:In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of [tex]\pi[/tex], and a confidence level of [tex]1-\alpha[/tex], we have the following confidence interval of proportions.[tex]\pi \pm z\sqrt{\frac{\pi(1-\pi)}{n}}[/tex]In whichz is the zscore that has a pvalue of [tex]1 - \frac{\alpha}{2}[/tex].The width of the confidence interval is given by:[tex]W = z\sqrt{\frac{\pi(1-\pi)}{n}}[/tex]So as n increases, the width, or margin of error, becomes smaller.As your sample size increases (let us say from 100 to 400 cases), which of the following becomes true?The answer is:B) The margin of error becomes smaller