The Mars twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which roamed the surface of Mars in the

Chapter 8, Problem 8.26

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The Mars twin rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which roamed the surface of Mars in the winter of 2004, found evidence that there was once water on Mars, raising the possibility that there was once life on the plant. Do you think that the United States should pursue a program to send humans to Mars? An opinion poll3 indicated that 49% of the 1093 adults surveyed think that we should pursue such a program. a Estimate the proportion of all Americans who think that the United States should pursue a program to send humans to Mars. Find a bound on the error of estimation. b The poll actually asked several questions. If we wanted to report an error of estimation that would be valid for all of the questions on the poll, what value should we use? [Hint: What is the maximum possible value for p q?]

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