In a randomly selected sample of 500 registered voters in a community, 260 individuals say that they plan to vote for Candidate Y in the upcoming election. USE SALT (a) Find the sample proportion planning to vote for Candidate Y. (b) Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) (c) Find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of the registered voter population who plan to vote for Candidate Y. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) to (d) Find a 98% confidence interval for the proportion of the registered voter population who plan to vote for Candidate Y. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) to

In a randomly selected sample of 500 registered voters in a community, 260 individuals say that they plan to vote for Candidate Y in the upcoming election. USE SALT (a) Find the sample proportion planning to vote for Candidate Y. (b) Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion. (Round your answer to six decimal places.) (c) Find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of the registered voter population who plan to vote for Candidate Y. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) to (d) Find a 98% confidence interval for the proportion of the registered voter population who plan to vote for Candidate Y. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) to

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.4: Collecting Data

Problem 2E

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