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ISBN: 9780321826275
Author: Richard D. De Veaux
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 16, Problem 37E
Graduation It’s believed that as many as 25% of adults over 50 never graduated from high school. We wish to see if this percentage is the same among the 25 to 30 age group.
- a) How many of this younger age group must we survey in order to estimate the proportion of non-grads to within 6% with 90% confidence?
- b) Suppose we want to cut the margin of error to 4%. What’s the necessary
sample size ? - c) What sample size would produce a margin of error of 3%?
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Ch. 16 - Prob. 3ECh. 16 - Prob. 4ECh. 16 - Prob. 5ECh. 16 - 6. I asked, “How’s life?” In the Gallup poll...Ch. 16 - Prob. 7ECh. 16 - Prob. 8ECh. 16 - Margin of error A TV newscaster reports the...Ch. 16 - Another margin of error A medical researcher...Ch. 16 - Conditions For each situation described below,...Ch. 16 - More conditions Consider each situation described....Ch. 16 - Conclusions A catalog sales company promises to...Ch. 16 - More conclusions In January 2002, two students...Ch. 16 - Confidence intervals Several factors are involved...Ch. 16 - Confidence intervals, again Several factors are...Ch. 16 - Cars What fraction of cars made in Japan? The...Ch. 16 - Prob. 18ECh. 16 - Prob. 19ECh. 16 - Prob. 20ECh. 16 - Prob. 21ECh. 16 - Prob. 22ECh. 16 - 23. Contributions, please The Paralyzed Veterans...Ch. 16 - Take the offer First USA, a major credit card...Ch. 16 - Teenage drivers An insurance company checks police...Ch. 16 - Junk mail Direct mail advertisers send...Ch. 16 - Prob. 27ECh. 16 - Prob. 28ECh. 16 - Prob. 29ECh. 16 - Gambling A city ballot includes a local initiative...Ch. 16 - Rickets Vitamin D, whether ingested as a dietary...Ch. 16 - Teachers A 2011 Gallup poll found that 76% of...Ch. 16 - Prob. 33ECh. 16 - Back to campus ACT, Inc. reported that 74% of 1644...Ch. 16 - Deer ticks Wildlife biologists inspect 153 deer...Ch. 16 - Prob. 36ECh. 16 - Graduation Its believed that as many as 25% of...Ch. 16 - Hiring In preparing a report on the economy, we...Ch. 16 - Prob. 39ECh. 16 - Prob. 40ECh. 16 - Prob. 41ECh. 16 - Another pilot study During routine screening, a...Ch. 16 - Prob. 43ECh. 16 - Amendment A TV news reporter says that a proposed...
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