Concept explainers
a.
Find the value of
Check and explain whether the value of
b.
Verify that the confidence interval obtained on the display is correctly calculated.
c.
Explain whether the obtained interval contains the true value of p.
d.
Find the length of the confidence interval for the obtained confidence interval.
Check whether it is exactly the same as the confidence interval obtained in Figure 8.8.
e.
Check whether the new interval obtained is different from the previous one.
Find the number of distinctly different intervals that appear among the first 5 intervals generated.
Identify the number of intervals that contain 0.5.
f.
Find the percentage of the intervals that contain the true value of p=0.5.
Explain whether the percentage is close to the value that is expected.
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