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

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Short Answer

TABLE 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 Table 8-8, the sampling error of a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of the student population who own a personal computer is ________.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variables

Variables in a study that are expected to change or vary as a result of manipulations or treatments applied to independent variables.

Factorial Designs

Experimental designs that allow investigation of the effects of multiple factors (independent variables) and their interactions on one or more outcomes (dependent variables).

Real-world Conditions

Circumstances or situations that occur in everyday life outside of controlled or laboratory settings.

Independent Variables

Variables that are manipulated or changed in an experiment to observe their effects on dependent variables.