Suppose a large shipment of microwave ovens contained 14 % defectives. If a sample of size 278 is selected, what is the probability that the sample proportion will differ from the population proportion by less than 5 % ? Round your answer to four decimal places.

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Q: If the population proportion is 0.90 and a sample of size 64 is taken, which is closest to the…

A: Given: Population proportion (P)=0.90 Sample size (n)=64

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Q: Suppose 55 % of the population has a college degree. If a random sample of size 496 is selected,…

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Q: In the 2010 US Census, we learn that 13% of all people in the US are 65 years old or older. If we…

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Q: According to a survey, 10% of Americans are afraid to fly. Suppose 1,100 Americans are sampled. A.…

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Q: d. Based upon a smaller sample of only 150 St. Paulites, what is the probability that the sample…

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Q: Suppose 47% of the population has a college degree. If a random sample of size 501 is selected, what…

A: It is provided thatp = 0.47, q = 1- p = 1-0.47 = 0.53 and n = 501Consider, the sampling distribution…

Q: Suppose 57% of the population has a college degree. If a random sample of size 770 is selected,…

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Q: 22. Suppose 58% of American singers are Grammy award winners. If a random sample of size 764 is…

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Q: Suppose 56 % of the students in a university are baseball players. If a sample of 840 students is…

A: Given data, n=840p = 0.54q =1-p = 0.46p^ =0.51

Q: What is the probability that the sample proportion exceeds 0.12?

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Q: According to a survey, 10% of Americans are afraid to fly. Suppose 1,100 Americans are sampled. a.…

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Q: A hotel manager calculates that 12% of the hotel rooms are booked. If the manager is right, what…

A: From the given information,P be the probability that hotel rooms are booked = 0.12.Sample size (n)…

Q: 8. A recent study of cardiovascular risk factors reported that 30% of adults meet criteria for…

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Q: What is the probability that the sample proportion exceeds 0.12?

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Q: A film distribution manager calculates that 7 % of the films released are flops. If the manager is…

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Q: In a binomial distribution, p, the probability of getting a successful outcome on any single trial,…

A: One of the properties of binomial distribution is that the probability of success must remain same…

Q: Suppose 45% of the doctors in a hospital are surgeons. If a sample of 844 doctors is selected,…

A: Solution: From the given information, the probability of the doctor in a hospital is a surgeon is…

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A: The mean of sampling distribution of proportion is obtained below: From the given information, the…

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Q: A film distribution manager calculates that 4% of the films released are flops.If the manager is…

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Q: Suppose 44 % of the students in a university are baseball players. If a sample of 853 students is…

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Q: The auto parts department of an automotive dealership sends out a mean of 4.4 special orders daily.…

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Q: Suppose 45 % of the doctors in a hospital are surgeons. If a sample of 844 doctors is selected, what…

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Q: According to a poll of​ adults, about 40​% work during their summer vacation. Assume that the true…

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Q: In a large on-the-job training program, half of the participants are female and half are male. In a…

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Q: What is the probability of selecting all women for a​ seven-person jury from a pool of fifteen men…

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Q: Suppose 49% of the registered voters in a country are Republican.   If a sample of 701 voters is…

A: Given information: It was stated that 49% of the registered voters in a country are Republican. The…

Q: (b) If a sample of 10 cups of ice cream is selected, what is the probability that the mean of the…

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Q: A film distribution manager calculates that 9% of the films released are flops. If the manager is…

A: It is given that 9% of the films released are flops. A sample of 580 is considered.That is, p = 0.09…

Q: Suppose 42% of the banks in Switzerland are private organizations.   If a sample of 442 banks is…

A: It is known that, the mean of the sampling distribution of p-hat is equal to the population…

Q: In a new fiber-optic communication system, trans- mission errors occur at the rate of 1.5 per twenty…

A: Given,The average no.of errors occur per twenty seconds is 1.5so, the average no.of errors occur per…

Q: Suppose a large shipment of scanners contained 9 % defectives. If a sample of size 492 is…

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Q: A researcher believes that 8 % of pet dogs in Europe are Labradors. If the researcher is right, what…

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Q: In a large on-the-job training program, half of the participants are female and half are male. In a…

A: P(Male) = 0.5 X denotes the number of male X follows Binomial Distribution

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.