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4.  A poll was conducted in a very small community in country X to see if residents are for or against a new policy that requires them to wear a mask. A total of 500 persons were surveyed. Of the 500 surveyed 200 are against wearing a mask. Compute a 90% confidence interval for the true percent of residents who are against the new policy, and interpret the confidence interval.

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There is currently a global pandemic and many researchers and scientists are working
assiduously to find a vaccine. Assume that Advanced Researcher, a company that is currently
testing a few vaccines confirms an 80% chance of effectiveness of one of their vaccines.
Transcribed Image Text:Question one There is currently a global pandemic and many researchers and scientists are working assiduously to find a vaccine. Assume that Advanced Researcher, a company that is currently testing a few vaccines confirms an 80% chance of effectiveness of one of their vaccines.
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The sample proportion is computed as follows, 

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The critical value for z for a 90% confidence level is 1. (from the standard normal table)

The confidence interval is computed as shown below:

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