MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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6. There are over 385,000 babies born each day in the entire world. The Census Bureau
states that there is not an equal proportion of boys and girls born. A random sample found
that among 25,468 newborn children, the sample proportion of boys was 0.5172.
a) What is the mean of the sample proportion?
b) What is the variance of the sample proportion?
c) Test the Census Bureau's claim at a 94% confidence level. Is their claim about
this proportion accurate or not?
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Transcribed Image Text:6. There are over 385,000 babies born each day in the entire world. The Census Bureau states that there is not an equal proportion of boys and girls born. A random sample found that among 25,468 newborn children, the sample proportion of boys was 0.5172. a) What is the mean of the sample proportion? b) What is the variance of the sample proportion? c) Test the Census Bureau's claim at a 94% confidence level. Is their claim about this proportion accurate or not?
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