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 6.6, Problem 6.86LM
To determine
a.
To construct: The approximate confidence interval of the population mean at 95% confidence level.
b.
To determine
To find: The point estimate of the population proportion of the measurements that are greater than 30.
To construct: The approximate confidence interval of the population proportion at 95% confidence level.
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Statistics for Business and Economics (13th Edition)
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