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

question 139

Multiple Choice

The following confidence interval is obtained for a population proportion, p: (0.298, 0.338) Use these confidence interval limits to find the point estimate, $\hat{\mathrm { p }}$ .

• A) \(0.318\)
• B) \(0.321\)
• C) \(0.298\)
• D) \(0.338\)

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