Page 3 of Section 8.1/8.2 3. -/6 pointsAFStat1 7.E.015 In the 2000 General Socia

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Page 3 of Section 8.1/8.2 3. -/6 pointsAFStat1 7.E.015 In the 2000 General Social Survey, respondents were asked whether they favored or opposed the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Software shows the results below. Sample p 95 . 0% CI 1764 2565 0.6877 (0.670, 0.706) Here, X refers to the number of the respondents who were in favor. (a) Show how to obtain the value reported under "Sample p." (b) Interpret the confidence interval reported, in context. O with 95% confidence, the true proportion of people in favor of the death penalty is greater than .706

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Proportion p = X/N

a).    1764 / 2565 = 0.6877

b).

with 95% confidence, the true proportion of people in favour of the death penalty is falls in the interval (0.670, 0.706).

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