Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.2, Problem 21PB
Stem cell research and religion In Exercise 8.18, it was stated that 72% of the 2113 adults surveyed in a Harris poll believed that stem cell research has merit. In the same study, only 58% of those describing themselves as Republicans believed that it has merit. There were 1010 people who described themselves as Republican. The screen shot shows how the TI 83+/84 reports results of
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Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
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