6.26 The Daily Show:  A 2010 Pew Research foundation poll indicates that among 1,099 college graduates, 33% watch The Daily Show. Meanwhile, 22% of the 1,110 people with a high school degree but no college degree in the poll watch The Daily Show. A 95% confidence interval for (pcollege grad - ?pHS or less), where p is the proportion of those who watch The Daily Show, is (0.07, 0.15). Based on this information, determine if the following statements are true or false, and explain your reasoning if you identify the statement as false. (data:dailyShow)   (d) A 90% confidence interval for (pcollege grad -? pHS or less) would be wider. ( ) false ( ) true (e) A 95% confidence interval for (pHS or less -? pcollege grad) is (-0.15,-0.07). ( ) true ( ) false

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6.26 The Daily Show:  A 2010 Pew Research foundation poll indicates that among 1,099 college graduates, 33% watch The Daily Show. Meanwhile, 22% of the 1,110 people with a high school degree but no college degree in the poll watch The Daily Show.

A 95% confidence interval for (pcollege grad - ?pHS or less), where p is the proportion of those who watch The Daily Show, is (0.07, 0.15). Based on this information, determine if the following statements are true or false, and explain your reasoning if you identify the statement as false. (data:dailyShow)

 

(d) A 90% confidence interval for (pcollege grad -? pHS or less) would be wider.

( ) false

( ) true

(e) A 95% confidence interval for (pHS or less -? pcollege grad) is (-0.15,-0.07).

( ) true

( ) false

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Given Data:

pcollege grad=0.33

pHS or less=0.22

 

95% Confidence Interval= (0.07, 0.15)

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