The Following Confidence Interval Is Obtained for a Population Proportion $\hat { p }$

question 47

Multiple Choice

The following confidence interval is obtained for a population proportion, p: (0.822, 0.862) . Use these confidence interval limits to find the point estimate, $\hat { p }$

• A) 0.848
• B) 0.862
• C) 0.842
• D) 0.822

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