Essentials of Business Analytics (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran, Michael J. Fry, Jeffrey W. Ohlmann, David R. Anderson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 40P
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To determine
Find a point estimate of the proportion of items returned for the population of sales transactions.
b.
To determine
Find the 95% two-sided confidence interval for the true population proportion.
c.
To determine
Provide statistical support for the proportion of returns at the Houston store significantly different from the returns for the nation as a whole.
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