The tobacco industry closely monitors all surveys that involve smoking. One survey showed that among 850 randomly selected subjects who completed 4 years of college, 10.3% smoke (based on data from American Medical Association). The 80% confidence interval for the true percentage of smokers of all people who completed 4 years of college is closest to (0.900, 0.116) b. (0.245, 0.267) c. (0.397,0.457) d. (0.147, 0.219) e. (0.359,0.923) a.

The tobacco industry closely monitors all surveys that involve smoking. One survey showed that among 850 randomly selected subjects who completed 4 years of college, 10.3% smoke (based on data from American Medical Association). The 80% confidence interval for the true percentage of smokers of all people who completed 4 years of college is closest to (0.900, 0.116) b. (0.245, 0.267) c. (0.397,0.457) d. (0.147, 0.219) e. (0.359,0.923) a.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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