(a) What is the rat's sample proportion p? What is the large-sample 95% confidence interval for p? It's not plausible that the rat will always be successful, as this interval says.

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(Optional topic) Drug-detecting rats? Dogs are big
and expensive. Rats are small and cheap. Might rats be
trained to replace dogs in sniffing out illegal drugs?
first study of this idea trained rats to rear up on their
hind legs when they smelled simulated cocaine. To
see how well rats performed after training, they were
let loose on a surface with many cups sunk in it, one
of which contained simulated cocaine. Four out of six
trained rats succeeded in 80 out of 80 trials.5 How
should we estimate the long-term success rate p of a
rat that succeeds in every one of 80 trials?
(a) What is the rat's sample proportion p? What is the
large-sample 95% confidence interval for p? It's
not plausible that the rat will always be successful,
as this interval says.
Transcribed Image Text:(Optional topic) Drug-detecting rats? Dogs are big and expensive. Rats are small and cheap. Might rats be trained to replace dogs in sniffing out illegal drugs? first study of this idea trained rats to rear up on their hind legs when they smelled simulated cocaine. To see how well rats performed after training, they were let loose on a surface with many cups sunk in it, one of which contained simulated cocaine. Four out of six trained rats succeeded in 80 out of 80 trials.5 How should we estimate the long-term success rate p of a rat that succeeds in every one of 80 trials? (a) What is the rat's sample proportion p? What is the large-sample 95% confidence interval for p? It's not plausible that the rat will always be successful, as this interval says.
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