A national study found 64% of students attend nearly every one of their classes. How does this compare with students at Howard Community College? A random sample of 120 students found 82 of them do attend nearly every class. Is this sample evidence HCC students come to class more than the national average? a) Is a confidence interval appropriate based on this sample? Explain your answer. b) Regardless of your answer to a, determine a 96% confidence interval. Calculator Command and Input: Interval:

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Treating the 2015 Tobacco rate data as a sample, construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean tobacco rate for males and for females. Interpret each interval. Does it appear that males use tobacco at a higher rate than females? Justify your answer, using the confidence intervals in your explanation. Construct the same confidence interval for males at the 99% confidence level. Compare to the male 95% confidence interval from the previous question. What happened to the interval when the confidence level increased? Explain why. Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among persons aged >= 15 years Male 2015 Prevalence of smoking any tobacco product among persons aged >= 15 years Female 2015 51.2 7.6     37.2 27.8         29.5 18.4 52.3 1.5 16.7 13.1 35.5 34.8 46.5 0.4     48.8 7.6 39.8 0.7 13.1 0.9 46.2 10.6 26.5 20     17.7 1     30.5 17.1 47.2 30     19.3 11.3 29.3 3.1 42.4 28.2 36 4.5         22.2 3.5 44.1 2.8…

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