TABLE 8-10 the President of a University Would Like to Estimate the Estimate

question 114

True/False

TABLE 8-10
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.
-Referring to Table 8-10, we are 99% confident that between 79.11% and 87.69% of the student population own a personal computer.

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Definitions:

Psychology Class

An academic course focusing on the study of the mind and behavior, covering topics from mental functions to social interactions.

Observational Study

A study in which the investigator does not manipulate variables but rather observes and measures variables without intervention to find relationships.

Double-Blind Experiment

A study in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, used to eliminate bias.

Confounded

A situation in statistical analysis where the effect of one variable on an outcome cannot be separated from the effect of another variable, potentially leading to misleading conclusions.