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Elementary Statistics | 12th Edition | ISBN: 9780321836960 | Authors: Mario F. Triola
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Poll Results in the Media USA Today provided a snapshot illustrating poll results from 1910 professionals who interview job applicants. The illustration showed that 26% of them said the biggest interview turnoff is that the applicant did not make an effort to learn about the job or the company. The margin of error was given as 3 percentage points. What important feature of the poll was omitted?

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Poll Results in the Media USA Today provided a snapshot illustrating poll results from 1910 professionals who interview job applicants. The illustration showed that 26% of them said the biggest interview turnoff is that the applicant did not make an effort to learn about the job or the company. The margin of error was given as 3 percentage points. What important feature of the poll was omitted?

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The total number of professionals is 1910.

The percentage of professionals who said that the biggest interview turnoff is that the applicant did not make an effort to learn about the job or the company is 26%.

The margin of error is  percentage points.

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