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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Traffic engineers compared rates of traffic collisions at intersections with raised medians and rates at intersections with two-way left-turn lanes. They found that out of 4,512 collisions at intersections with raised medians, 2,202 were rear-end collisions, and out of 4,277 collisions at two-way left-turn lanes, 1,903 were rear-end collisions.

Assuming these to be random samples of collisions from the two types of intersections, construct a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the proportions of collisions that are of the rear-end type at the two types of intersection. Interpret the results. Does the confidence interval contradict the claim that the proportion of rear-end collisions is the same at both types of intersection?

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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