A random sample of 500 items reveals that 285 of the items have the attribute of interest. a. What is the point estimate for the population proportion for all the items having this attribute? b. Use the info from the random sample to develop a 95% confidence interval eatimate for the population proportion,p, of all items having this attribute of interest. The point estimate is____. (Round to two decimal places)

A random sample of 500 items reveals that 285 of the items have the attribute of interest. a. What is the point estimate for the population proportion for all the items having this attribute? b. Use the info from the random sample to develop a 95% confidence interval eatimate for the population proportion,p, of all items having this attribute of interest. The point estimate is____. (Round to two decimal places)

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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