Wildlife biologists inspect 180 deer taken by hunters and find 36 of them carrying Lyme disease ticks. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of deer that carry Lyme disease ticks.

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Wildlife biologists inspect 180 deer taken by
hunters and find 36 of them carrying Lyme
disease ticks. Calculate a 95% confidence interval
for the proportion of deer that carry Lyme disease
ticks.
Transcribed Image Text:Wildlife biologists inspect 180 deer taken by hunters and find 36 of them carrying Lyme disease ticks. Calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of deer that carry Lyme disease ticks.
A school administrator wants to know what
proportion of the approximately
80,000 teachers in their state have a Master's
degree. The administrator takes an
SRS of 100 teachers from a statewide database
containing every teacher, and they find
55 teachers in the sample have a Master's
degree. The administrator will construct 95%
confidence interval.
Based on above sample what is the statistic?
Transcribed Image Text:A school administrator wants to know what proportion of the approximately 80,000 teachers in their state have a Master's degree. The administrator takes an SRS of 100 teachers from a statewide database containing every teacher, and they find 55 teachers in the sample have a Master's degree. The administrator will construct 95% confidence interval. Based on above sample what is the statistic?
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