Essentials Of Statistics
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Author: HEALEY, Joseph F.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.15P
Two individuals are running for mayor of your town. You conduct an election survey a week before the election and find that 51% of the respondents prefer candidate A. Can you predict a winner? Use the 99% level. (HINT: In a two-candidate race, what percentage of the vote would the winner need? Does the confidence interval indicate that candidate A has a sure margin of victory? Remember that while the population parameter is probably [
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