TABLE 8-8 the President of a University Would Like to Estimate the Estimate

question 47

True/False

TABLE 8-8
The president of a university would like to estimate the proportion of the student population that owns a personal computer.In a sample of 500 students,417 own a personal computer.
-True or False: Referring to Table 8-8,a 90% confidence interval calculated from the same data would be narrower than a 99% confidence interval.

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Definitions:

St. Helena

A remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled and died after his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.

Elba

An island in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tuscany, Italy, famous as the first place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte in 1814.

Continental System

An economic blockade imposed by Napoleon between 1806 and 1814, aiming to weaken Britain by prohibiting European countries from trading with it.

Continental Markets

Markets that are primarily located on the European continent, often used in contrast with the British or other island markets.