Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8.6, Problem 30SE
Should p be assumed normal?
- a. n = 200, π = .02
- b. n = 100, π = .05
- c. n = 50, π = .50
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