9) A college admissions officer sampled 107 entering freshmen and found that 38 of them scored more than 510 on the math SAT. Round your final answers to 3 digits after the decimal point. (a) Find a point estimate for the proportion of all entering freshmen at this college who scored more than 510 on the math SAT. (b) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all entering freshmen at this college who scored more than 510 on the math SAT. (c) According to the College Board, 40% of all students who took the math SAT in 2009 scored more than 510. The admissions officer believes that the proportion at her university is also 40%. Does the confidence interval contradict this belief? Explain.
9) A college admissions officer sampled 107 entering freshmen and found that 38 of them scored more than 510 on the math SAT. Round your final answers to 3 digits after the decimal point. (a) Find a point estimate for the proportion of all entering freshmen at this college who scored more than 510 on the math SAT. (b) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all entering freshmen at this college who scored more than 510 on the math SAT. (c) According to the College Board, 40% of all students who took the math SAT in 2009 scored more than 510. The admissions officer believes that the proportion at her university is also 40%. Does the confidence interval contradict this belief? Explain.
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