Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10, Problem 124CP
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To determine
Show that the margin of error for finding 95% confidence interval of proportion differences is not more than
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To determine
Find any pair of countries for which the true percentages might not be different.
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