Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.1, Problem 3PB
Projecting winning candidate News coverage during a recent election projected that a certain candidate would receive 54.8% of all votes cast; the projection had a margin of error of ±3%.
- a. Give a point estimate for the proportion of all votes the candidate will receive.
- b. Give an
interval estimate for the proportion of all votes the candidate will receive. - c. In your own words, state the difference between a point estimate and an interval estimate.
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