Suppose that a random sample of 60 horror movies containing 100 character deaths was collected. Among the characters who died, 44% were female. a) Suppose that you'd like to estimate the true proportion of deaths in horror movies that are female deaths within a margin of error of 3% with 95% confidence. How many character deaths would you have to witness in order to achieve this margin of error? b) Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of deaths that are female deaths in horror movies, using our original sample.

Suppose that a random sample of 60 horror movies containing 100 character deaths was collected. Among the characters who died, 44% were female. a) Suppose that you'd like to estimate the true proportion of deaths in horror movies that are female deaths within a margin of error of 3% with 95% confidence. How many character deaths would you have to witness in order to achieve this margin of error? b) Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of deaths that are female deaths in horror movies, using our original sample.

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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