Essentials Of Statistics For Business & Economics
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780357045435
Author: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, James J. Cochran
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Chapter 8.5, Problem 46E
Web Browser Satisfaction. Internet users were recently asked online to rate their satisfaction with the web browser they use most frequently. Of 102,519 respondents, 65,120 indicated they were very satisfied with the web browser they use most frequently.
- a. What is the sample proportion of Internet users who are very satisfied with the web browser they use most frequently?
- b. Using 95% confidence, what is the margin of error?
- c. Using the results from parts (a) and (b), develop the 95% confidence
interval estimate of the proportion of Internet users who are very satisfied with the web browser they use most frequently.
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