Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition
Basic Business Statistics, Student Value Edition
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780134685113
Author: Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, David F. Stephan, Kathryn Szabat
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 30PS

What do you value most when shopping in a retail store? According to a Time Trade survey, 26 % of consumers value personalized experienced most.

a. Suppose that the survey had a sample size of n = 1 , 000. Construct a 95 % confidence interval estimate for the population proportion of consumers that value personalized experience most when shopping in a retail store?

b. Based on (a), can you claim that more than a quarter of all consumers value personalized experience most when shopping in a retail store?

c. Repeat part (a) and (b), assuming that the survey had a sample size of n = 10 , 000.

d. Discuss the effect of sample size on confidence interval estimation.

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