FDA report on pesticides in food. Periodically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) produces a report as part of its pesticide monitoring program. The FDA’s report covers a variety of food items, each of which is analyzed for potentially harmful chemical compounds. Recently, the FDA reported that no pesticides at all were found in 91% of the domestically produced vegetable samples (Pesticide Monitoring Program: Fiscal Year 2017 Pesticide Report, US Food and Drug Administration). Consider a random sample of 800 vegetable items analyzed for the presence of pesticides. Based on a sample of 800 vegetable items, is it likely you would observe less than half without any traces of pesticide? Explain.
FDA report on pesticides in food. Periodically, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) produces a report as part of its pesticide monitoring program. The FDA’s report covers a variety of food items, each of which is analyzed for potentially harmful chemical compounds. Recently, the FDA reported that no pesticides at all were found in 91% of the domestically produced vegetable samples (Pesticide Monitoring Program: Fiscal Year 2017 Pesticide Report, US Food and Drug Administration). Consider a random sample of 800 vegetable items analyzed for the presence of pesticides.
Based on a sample of 800 vegetable items, is it likely you would observe less than half without any traces of pesticide? Explain.
Suppose p is the true proportion of vegetable items, without any traces of pesticide.
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