Concept explainers
To find: Whether the condition to compute the confidence interval for population proportion has met or not.
Answer to Problem 1.1CYU
No, the condition of random sample is not satisfied
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Number of success ( x ) = 17
Number of trials ( n ) = 100
Here, sampling has been according to the convenience of school from the students that arrive early and one of the conditions to construct the confidence interval for population proportion is that the sample should be selected using the technique of simple random sampling. Thus, the condition of simple random sample is not met here.
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