Suppose Somebody Wishes to Estimate the Percentage of Students Who

Multiple Choice

Suppose somebody wishes to estimate the percentage of students who smoke cigarettes at each of several colleges and universities. Two of the colleges are Rice University (enrollment 6621) and Indiana University (enrollment 48,000) . The margin of error for an SRS of 5 percent of the students at each school will be:

A) smaller for Rice than for Indiana.
B) larger for Rice than for Indiana.
C) about the same at both schools.
D) either smaller or larger for Rice. It isn't possible to tell without seeing the sample results.