Out of 200 people sampled, 116 preferred Candidate A. Based on this, estimate what proportion of the voting population prefers Candidate A with 99% confidence.
Out of 200 people sampled, 116 preferred Candidate A. Based on this, estimate what proportion of the voting population prefers Candidate A with 99% confidence.
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Out of 200 people sampled, 116 preferred Candidate A. Based on this, estimate what proportion of the voting population prefers Candidate A with 99% confidence.
Out of 500 people sampled, 455 had kids.
The best point estimate for pp is .
The margin of error for a 99% confidence interval is
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We need to construct the 99% confidence interval for the population proportion.
Number of favorable cases
Sample size
The sample proportion is calculated as,
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