Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods
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Author: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 7P
(a)
To determine
Identify whether the
(b)
To determine
Find the 90% confidence interval for the population proportion ofsuccesses p.
(c)
To determine
Interpret the confidence interval.
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