The proportion of items in a population that possess a specific attribute is known to be 0.70. If a simple random sample of size n = 100 is selected and the proportion of items in the sample that contain the attribute of interest is 0.65, what is the sampling error?
A) -0.03
B) -0.05
C) 0.08
D) 0.01

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Sampling error is calculated as the difference between the sample statistic and the population parameter. Here, it is 0.65 (sample proportion) - 0.70 (population proportion) = -0.05.

The Proportion of Items in a Population That Possess a Specific