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The college newspaper of a large university periodically conducts a survey of st

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Question

The college newspaper of a large university periodically conducts a survey of students. Pictures of selected students interviewed along with a quote of their response arc printed in the paper. Students are interviewed by a reporter 'roaming' the campus who selects students to interview 'haphazardly'. On a particular day the reporter interviews eight students and asks them if they feel there is adequate student parking on campus. Five of the students say no. Which of the following assumptions for inference about a proportion using a confidence interval are violated in this example? We are interested in inference about a proportion. The data arc an SRS from the population of interest. The population is at least 10 times as large as the sample. There are no violations.

Explanation / Answer

B. The data are an SRS from the population of intrest.

Point of estimate is the number of people who said no in asking if they feel there is adequate student parking in campt. It is one of the subste we chosen from the complete campus students & making an assumption based on confidence calculated