A Decision Maker Is Interested in Estimating a Population Proportion

question 15

Multiple Choice

A decision maker is interested in estimating a population proportion. A sample of size n = 150 yields 115 successes. Based on these sample data, construct a 90% confidence interval estimate for the true population proportion.

• A) (0.714, 0.826)
• B) (0.717, 0.823)
• C) (0.737, 0.803)
• D) (0.750, 0.790)

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