Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 46

Short Answer

Use the following information to answer the question. In a recent poll of 900 randomly selected adults, 37% reported that they could not swim 24 yards (the length of a typical gymnasium lap pool).
-What is the standard error for the estimate of the proportion of all adults that self- report that they cannot swim 24 yards? Round to the nearest ten- thousandth.

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Definitions:

Survivor Effect

The phenomenon whereby individuals or entities that make it past a selection process or to a later point in time are not representative of the entire original population.

Mental Disorders

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Selective Optimization

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Compensation Theory

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