Confidence interval: population proportion survey
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Based on its 1999 survey, Student Monitor reports that 20% of U.S. college students used the Internet for job hunting during the month preceding the survey. Assuming this finding to be based on a simple random sample of 1600 college students, construct an interpret the 90% confidence interval for the population proportion of college students who used the Internet for job hunting during this period.
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Based on its 1999 survey, Student Monitor reports that 20% of U.S. college students used the Internet for job hunting during the month preceding the survey. Assuming this finding to be based on a simple random sample of 1600 college students, construct an interpret the 90% ...
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