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A telephone poll of 927 adult Americans was reported in an issue of Time Magazine. One of the
questions asked was, "What is the main problem facing the country?" Twenty-seven percent
answered, "crime." Construct a 87% confidence interval for the population proportion of Americans
who feel that crime is the main problem.
p=
24/2
Margin of Error: E
We are 87% confident that the proportion of Americans who feel that crime is the main problem is
between
and
Transcribed Image Text:A telephone poll of 927 adult Americans was reported in an issue of Time Magazine. One of the questions asked was, "What is the main problem facing the country?" Twenty-seven percent answered, "crime." Construct a 87% confidence interval for the population proportion of Americans who feel that crime is the main problem. p= 24/2 Margin of Error: E We are 87% confident that the proportion of Americans who feel that crime is the main problem is between and
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