The mayor of a town is considering improving its public sporting facilities. To fund this improvement a small increase in local taxes is contemplated. He has commissioned a poll among 150 townspeople, and 44% of the persons in the sample have shown support for this measure. Compute a confidence interval at the 95% level for the proportion of town dwellers that would support this measure O [0.439, 0.458] O None of these O [0.433, 0.446] O [0.443, 0.456]

The mayor of a town is considering improving its public sporting facilities. To fund this improvement a small increase in local taxes is contemplated. He has commissioned a poll among 150 townspeople, and 44% of the persons in the sample have shown support for this measure. Compute a confidence interval at the 95% level for the proportion of town dwellers that would support this measure O [0.439, 0.458] O None of these O [0.433, 0.446] O [0.443, 0.456]

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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