Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134506593
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6.4, Problem 6.49ACB
Is Starbucks coffee overpriced? The Minneapolis Star Tribune (August 12, 2008) reported that 73% of Americans say that Starbucks coffee is overpriced. The source of this information was a national telephone survey of 1,000 American adults conducted by Rasmussen Reports.
- a. Identify the population of interest in this study.
- b. Identify the sample for the study.
- c. Identify the parameter of interest in the study.
- d. Find and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the parameter of interest.
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