EBK STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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Author: Anderson
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Chapter 9.5, Problem 42E
According to the University of Nevada Center for Logistics Management, 6% of all merchandise sold in the United States gets returned. A Houston department store sampled 80 items sold in January and found that 12 of the items were returned.
- a. Construct a point estimate of the proportion of items returned for the population of sales transactions at the Houston store.
- b. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of returns at the Houston store.
- c. Is the proportion of returns at the Houston store significantly different from the returns for the nation as a whole? Provide statistical support for your answer.
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EBK STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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