In a random sample of size n = 600 people in a city it is found that 340 of them like to watch TV for world events in the news. Compute a 90% confidence interval to estimate what the actual proportion of the city's population is watching TV for the world program on the news.

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In a random sample of size n = 600 people in a city it is found that 340 of them like
to watch TV for world events in the news. Compute a 90% confidence interval to
estimate what the actual proportion of the city's population is watching TV for the
world program on the news.
Transcribed Image Text:In a random sample of size n = 600 people in a city it is found that 340 of them like to watch TV for world events in the news. Compute a 90% confidence interval to estimate what the actual proportion of the city's population is watching TV for the world program on the news.
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