A Survey of 800 Randomly Selected Senior Citizens Showed That

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Essay

A survey of 800 randomly selected senior citizens showed that 55% said they planned to watch an upcoming political debate on television. The margin of error for the 95% confidence interval is 3.5 percentage points. Does the confidence interval support the claim that the majority of senior citizens plan to watch the upcoming political debate on television? Explain why or why not.

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