Five hundred people were chosen at random from a large population and each was asked whether he or she favoured capital punishment for murderers of police officers. Suppose that 60% of those interviewed said that they were in favour. Let θ denote the proportion of the population who are in favour. Construct a 95% confidence interval for θ from the observed data

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Five hundred people were chosen at random from a large population and each was asked whether he or she favoured capital punishment for murderers of police officers. Suppose that 60% of those interviewed said that they were in favour. Let θ denote the proportion of the population who are in favour. Construct a 95% confidence interval for θ from the observed data.

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