An epidemiologist needs to estimate the proportion of residents of Okeechobee county that have been infected with COVID-19. Determine the most conservative estimate of the sample size required to...

An epidemiologist needs to estimate the proportion of residents of Okeechobee county that have been infected with COVID-19. Determine the most conservative estimate of the sample size required to limit the margin of error to within 0.069 of the population proportion for a 99% confidence interval.
Round the solution
up to the nearest whole number.