Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134494043
Author: Jeff Bennett, William L. Briggs, Mario F. Triola
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.1, Problem 17E
Sample and Population Proportions. A population consists of a batch of 25,344 aspirin tablets, and it includes 1,014 that are defective because they do not meet specifications. A random sample of n = 250 of the tablets is obtained and tested, with the result that 18 of them are defective.
- a. What is the population proportion, p, of defective aspirin tablets?
- b. What is the sample proportion,
- c. How can the discrepancy between the population proportion and the sample proportion be explained?
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