Members of the We-Luv-Plants club are interested incomparing the tendency of males vs. females to choosea vegetarian diet. They randomly sampled 75 males and75 females at their school. The data showed that 23 of thegirls were vegetarians whereas only 12 of the boys couldstay away from a tasty burger.a) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval forthe difference in the proportions between girls andboys who are vegetarians.b) Does this confidence interval provide evidence thatgirls are more likely than boys to choose a vegetariandiet? Explain.c) To what population(s) do your conclusions in parts aand b apply?

Members of the We-Luv-Plants club are interested incomparing the tendency of males vs. females to choosea vegetarian diet. They randomly sampled 75 males and75 females at their school. The data showed that 23 of thegirls were vegetarians whereas only 12 of the boys couldstay away from a tasty burger.a) Construct and interpret a 95% confidence interval forthe difference in the proportions between girls andboys who are vegetarians.b) Does this confidence interval provide evidence thatgirls are more likely than boys to choose a vegetariandiet? Explain.c) To what population(s) do your conclusions in parts aand b apply?

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College Algebra (MindTap Course List)

12th Edition

ISBN:9781305652231

Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes

Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability

Section8.7: Probability

Problem 58E: What is meant by the sample space of an experiment?

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