A Prison Official Wants to Estimate the Proportion of Cases

question 12

Short Answer

A prison official wants to estimate the proportion of cases of recidivism.Examining the records of 250 convicts,the official determines that there are 65 cases of recidivism.A 99% confidence interval for the proportion of cases of recidivism would go from_____ to_____ .

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Definitions:

IR Absorption

A technique in spectroscopy where molecules absorb infrared light, causing vibrational transitions, used to identify chemical compounds.

IR Absorption

The process by which molecules absorb infrared radiation at specific wavelengths corresponding to vibrations of molecular bonds.

Characteristic IR Stretches

Characteristic Infrared (IR) Stretches are specific absorption bands in IR spectroscopy that correspond to the vibrations of molecular bonds, helping to identify functional groups within a molecule.

C≡C Stretch

A vibrational mode observed in infrared spectroscopy, characteristic of the stretching of a carbon-carbon triple bond.