Introductory Statistics (2nd Edition)
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Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 55SE
Thriving In June 2012, a Gallup Poll showed that when a sample of Americans were asked whether they were thriving, struggling, or suffering, about
a. Assuming the
b. Is the sample size large enough to apply the Central Limit Theorem? Explain. Assume the other conditions are met.
c. Find a
d. Find the width of the interval you found in part b by subtracting the lower limit from the upper limit. Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.
e. Now assume the sample size was 4000. How many would have said they were thriving?
f. Find a
g. What is the width of the interval you found in part f?
h. When the sample size is multiplied by 4 (as it was here, going from 1000 to 4000), is the interval width decreased by a factor of 4? In other words, is the interval for the larger sample size one-fourth
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