The prime Minister of a small Caribbean Island stated that 95% of the population was vaccinated from the Covid-19 virus. The opposition believes that the Minister is overstating the proportion of vaccinated citizens. He randomly selects 300 citizens and found that 240 of them were fully vaccinated a) Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the true proportion of all citizens who were vaccinated. b) Interpret you answer in question "a)"

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The prime Minister of a small Caribbean Island stated that 95% of the population was vaccinated from the Covid-19 virus. The opposition believes that the Minister is overstating the proportion of vaccinated citizens. He randomly selects 300 citizens and found that 240 of them were fully vaccinated

a) Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the true proportion of all citizens who were vaccinated.

b) Interpret you answer in question "a)"

 

 

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