In a survey of 1002 people, 701 (which is 70%) said that they voted in the most recent presidentia l election (based on data from

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In a survey of 1002 people, 701 (which is 70%) said that they voted in the most recent presidentia l election (based on data from ICR Research Group). The margin of error for the survey was 3 percentage points. However, actual voting records show that only 61% of all eligible voters actually did vote. Does this necessarily imply

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Based on the  percentage  of people who actually  voted  and the  margin of error,  the data implies that  people lied  when  responding  to the  survey .     What is the evidence that people lied?    The  evidence  that people lied about voting would bet be shown by the  confidence interval.  If the confidence interval of the survey does not have the  actual percentage  of people who voted in it, then people lied.     The  confidence interval  is:  = Average ± Margin of error    Solving:  = 70% + 3%  = 73%    = 70% - 3%  = 67%    Confidence interval is:  67% - 73%    The  actual percentage  of  61%  who voted is not in this interval which means that some  people   lied  about  voting  in the survey.    Find out more on the  margin of error  at https://brainly.com/question/10218601    #SPJ1

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