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

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SCENARIO 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.
-Referring to Scenario 8-8,it is possible that the 99% confidence interval calculated from the data will not contain the proportion of the student population who own a personal computer.

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