The CEO of an airline estimates that 15% of all flights arrive late. How many flights must he include in a simple random sample if he wants to be 96% confident that the true population proportion of flights that arrive late lies within 0.02 of our sample proportion?

The CEO of an airline estimates that 15% of all flights arrive late. How many flights must he include in a simple random sample if he wants to be 96% confident that the true population proportion of flights that arrive late lies within 0.02 of our sample proportion?

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

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