A Random Sample of 400 Michigan State University (MSU) Students

question 10

Multiple Choice

A random sample of 400 Michigan State University (MSU) students were surveyed recently to determine an estimate for the proportion of all MSU students who had attended at least three football games. The estimate revealed that between .372 and .458 of all MSU students attended. Given this information, we can determine that the confidence coefficient was approximately:

• A) .99
• B) .95
• C) .92
• D) .90
• E) .88

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