In a 1997 Poll of 261 Male,married,upper-Level Managers Conducted by Joy

question 55

Essay

In a 1997 poll of 261 male,married,upper-level managers conducted by Joy Schneer and Frieda Reitman for Fortune magazine,31% of the men stated that their wives worked either full-time or part-time (Fortune,March 17,1997).What are the boundaries for a 99% confidence interval for p,the proportion of all male,married,upper-level managers whose wives work?

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