We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 100 adult residents sampled, 80 had kids. Based on this, construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion, p, of adult residents who are parents in this county. Give your answers as decimals, to three places.

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Q: We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 600…

A: Solution-:  Given: n=600, X=342, c=0.90 We find 90% C.I. for the true population proportion.

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Q: We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 300…

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Q: In a sample of 190 adults, 120 had children. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the true…

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Q: We wish to estimate what percent of adult residents in a certain county are parents. Out of 400…

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A: Given Data: p^=xn=198300=0.66 n=300     z-value corresponding to 90% CI=1.645

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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.