Chapter 8, Problem 125H

Use the following informariton to answer the next three exercises: According to a Field Poll, 79% of California adults (actual results are 400 out of 506 SUfl eyed) feel that education and our schools Is one of the top issues facing California. We wish to constnict a 90% confidence Interval for the tnae proportion of California adults who feel that education and the schools is one of the top issues facing California.

A point estimate for the true population proportion is:

a. 0.90

b. 1.27

c. 0.79

d. -100