A Large University Is Interested in the Outcome of a Course

question 31

Short Answer

A large university is interested in the outcome of a course standardization process. They have learned that 150 students of the total 1,500 students failed to pass the course in the current semester. Construct a 99% confidence interval on the population proportion of students who failed to pass the course. Was the normality condition met for the validity of the confidence interval formula?

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board, an organization that establishes financial accounting and reporting standards within the United States.

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