A University Dean Is Interested in Determining the Proportion of Students

question 125

Short Answer

A university dean is interested in determining the proportion of students who receive some sort of financial aid.Rather than examine the records for all students,the dean randomly selects 200 students and finds that 118 of them are receiving financial aid.Use a 90% confidence interval to estimate the true proportion of students who receive financial aid.

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Definitions:

Industrialist

An individual who owns, operates, or has significant financial interest in industrial enterprises.

Karl Marx

A 19th-century philosopher, economist, and political theorist, best known for his critical analysis of capitalism and his influence on the development of socialism and communism.

Scientific Socialist

An individual who advocates for socialism using scientific analysis of society and economy, typically associated with the approaches of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Utopian Socialist

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