You are trying to estimate the percent of people in California who have a college degree. You randomly sample 120 individuals, and 7 of them say they have a college degree. Using the appropriate rule of thumb, answer: Is it ok to use these numbers to calculate a 95%-confidence interval for the percent of all California residents with a college degree?   yes or no?

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You are trying to estimate the percent of people in California who have a college degree. You randomly sample 120 individuals, and 7 of them say they have a college degree. Using the appropriate rule of thumb, answer: Is it ok to use these numbers to calculate a 95%-confidence interval for the percent of all California residents with a college degree?

 

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