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An October 2011 CBS News/New York Times poll used a convenience sample to survey 75 Americans and found that 61 people in the sample thought that it was a good idea to significantly cut taxes for small businesses in order to try and create jobs. Suppose you want to create a confidence interval for p, the true proportion of all Americans who thought it was a good idea to significantly cut taxes for small businesses in order to try and create jobs. Are all assumptions met to create this confidence interval?
Yes, both assumptions are met.
No, none of the assumptions are met.
No, only one assumption is met.
It is impossible to determine.
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