document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=137258>Question 137258</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780072966961/algebrahomeworkh>Applied Statistics in Business and Economics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Biting an unpopped kernel of popcorn hurts! As an experiment, a self-confessed connoisseur of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cheap popcorn carefully counted 773 kernels and put them in a popper. After popping, the unpopped<BR>\n" );
document.write( "kernels were counted. There were 86. (a) Construct a 90 percent confidence interval for the proportion<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of all kernels that would not pop. (b) Check the normality assumption. (c) Try the Very Quick<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rule. Does it work well here? Why, or why not? (d) Why might this sample not be typical?<BR>\n" );
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