· People end up tossing 10% of what they buy at the grocery store. Assume this is the true population proportion and that you plan to take a sample survey of 530 grocery shoppers to further investigate their behavior. a. Show the sampling distribution of p , the proportion of groceries thrown out by your sample respondents. b. What is the probability that your survey will provide a sample proportion within ±0.04 of the population proportion? | c. What is the probability that your survey will provide a sample proportion within ±0.025 of the population proportion?

· People end up tossing 10% of what they buy at the grocery store. Assume this is the true population proportion and that you plan to take a sample survey of 530 grocery shoppers to further investigate their behavior. a. Show the sampling distribution of p , the proportion of groceries thrown out by your sample respondents. b. What is the probability that your survey will provide a sample proportion within ±0.04 of the population proportion? | c. What is the probability that your survey will provide a sample proportion within ±0.025 of the population proportion?

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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