document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=217066>Question 217066</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8.64 Biting an unpopped kernel of popcorn hurts! As an experiment, a self-confessed connoisseur of cheap popcorn carefully counted 773 kernels and put them in a popper. After popping, the unpopped kernels were counted. There were 86. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Construct a 90 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all kernels that would not pop. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Construct a 90 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all kernels that would not pop.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sample proportion: 86/773 = 0.11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard error: E= 1.645*sqrt[0.11*0.89/773]=0.021..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "90 CI: 0.11-0.021 < p < 0.11+0.021<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 CI: 0.089 < p < 0.131<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. <BR>\n" );
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