On September 25, 2011 Michael Vick, the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles broke his non-throwing hand in a football game against the New York Giants. ESPN then posted a poll on their website. The poll asked viewers to predict which team would win the NFC East Division. The Eagles play in the NFC East Division. By 4:15 pm, 914 fans had voted. 25% of them thought the Eagles would still win the division. What can we conclude from a 95% confidence interval about the opinions of ESPN viewers? 1. We are 95% confident that between about 22% and 28% of fans thought the Eagles would still win the division.   2. nothing because the count of successes is too small   3. nothing because the sample was not randomly selected   4. We are 95% confident that between about 22% and 28% of ESPN viewers thought the Eagles would still win the division.

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On September 25, 2011 Michael Vick, the quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles broke his non-throwing hand in a football game against the New York Giants. ESPN then posted a poll on their website.

The poll asked viewers to predict which team would win the NFC East Division. The Eagles play in the NFC East Division. By 4:15 pm, 914 fans had voted. 25% of them thought the Eagles would still win the division.

What can we conclude from a 95% confidence interval about the opinions of ESPN viewers?


1. We are 95% confident that between about 22% and 28% of fans thought the Eagles would still win the division.
 
2. nothing because the count of successes is too small
 
3. nothing because the sample was not randomly selected
 
4. We are 95% confident that between about 22% and 28% of ESPN viewers thought the Eagles would still win the division.
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