MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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A study examined patients who were mechanically ventilated in the intensive care unit of several hospitals. They found that out of 472 mechanically ventilated patients, 63 had clinical evidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all mechanically ventilated patients at these hospitals who develop VAP.
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