A Simple Random Sample of 100 Bags of Tortilla Chips

question 85

Multiple Choice

A simple random sample of 100 bags of tortilla chips produced by Company X is selected every hour for quality control.In the current sample,18 bags had more chips (measured in weight) than the labeled quantity.The quality control inspector wishes to use this information to calculate a 90% confidence interval for the true proportion of bags of tortilla chips that contain more than the label states.What is the value of the standard error of ?

• A)0.0015
• B)0.038
• C)0.063
• D)0.384

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