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 8.3, Problem 6E
Does It Make Sense? For Exercises 5–8, determine whether the statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain clearly. Not all of these statements have definitive answers, so your explanation is more important than your chosen answer.
6. Exit Poll Accuracy. Our exit polls found that candidate Jones received 56% of the vote with a margin of error (for 95% confidence) of 5 percentage points, but the final results showed Jones with only 47% of the vote.
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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (5th Edition)
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