Question 7.84

54. A CBS News poll conducted July 29–August 4, 2014, surveyed 1344 randomly selected American adults. Of those surveyed, 726 say that their sympathies in the Middle East situation lie more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians.

  1. Give a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all American adults whose sympathies in the Middle East situation lie more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians.
  2. The poll reported a margin of error of ±3%. Explain how your results agree with this statement.