A Survey of Households in a Small Town Showed That

question 7

Multiple Choice

A survey of households in a small town showed that in 500 of 1,200 sampled households,at least one member attended a town meeting during the year. Using the 95% level of confidence,what is the confidence interval for the proportion of households represented at a town meeting?

• A)[0.417,0.427]
• B)[0.389,0.445]
• C)[0.400,0.417]
• D)[0.417,0.445]

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