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Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

A survey of 265 PCC students found that 23%, plus or minus 4% prefer to study at the library.

  1. What population is being studied?

  2. What type of data was collected?

  3. Is the reported 23% a statistic or a parameter?

  4. What is the margin of error?

  5. What is the confidence interval?

  6. Explain what the confidence interval tells you.

Lee et al., Math in Society, Statistics — Chapter 3 Review, Exercise 3

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