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A sociologist is studying the prevalence of crime in one major city. In a sample of 225 randomly selected residents, 60 say that they have been victimized by a criminal. Based on this sample, construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all residents in this city who have been victimized by a criminal. Then complete the table below.

A. What is the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval?
B. What is the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval?

Carry your intermediate computations to at least three decimal places. Round your answers to two decimal places.

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Confidence Intervals

A sociologist is studying the prevalence of crime in one major city. In a sample of 225 randomly selected residents, 60 say that they have been victimized by a criminal. Based on this sample, construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all residents in this city who have been victimized by a criminal. Then complete the table ...

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  • "Your solution, looks excellent. I recognize things from previous chapters. I have seen the standard deviation formula you used to get 5.154. I do understand the Central Limit Theorem needs the sample size (n) to be greater than 30, we have 100. I do understand the sample mean(s) of the population will follow a normal distribution, and that CLT states the sample mean of population is the population (mean), we have 143.74. But when and WHY do we use the standard deviation formula where you got 5.154. WHEN & Why use standard deviation of the sample mean. I don't understand, why don't we simply use the "100" I understand that standard deviation is the square root of variance. I do understand that the variance is the square of the differences of each sample data value minus the mean. But somehow, why not use 100, why use standard deviation of sample mean? Please help explain."
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