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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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26) A phycologist is interested in determining the proportion of algae samples from a local rivulet that belonged to a particular phylum. A random sample of 50 algae was obtained and each alga was categorized as either being cyanobacteria or not. It was found that 38 were, in fact, cyanobacteria.

a) The proportion p that was cyanobacteria is
A. 38
B. 0.38
C. 0.5
D. 0.76
E. 50
b) (Continue from the previous question),
What is the standard error of the proportion p, i.e. S.E.(p), that were cyanobacteria
is
A. 0.0036
B. 0.0604
C. 0.0684
D. 0.1824
E. None of the above

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