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document.write( "8) A marketing research company is estimating which of two soft drinks college students prefer. A random sample of n college students produced the following 90% confidence interval for the proportion of college students who prefer drink A: (. 406, . 586). Identify the point estimate for estimating the true proportion of college students who prefer that drink. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) .0 9	B) . 406	C) . 586	D) . 496<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #458005 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=458005\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A marketing research company is estimating which of two soft drinks college students prefer. A random sample of n college students produced the following 90% confidence interval for the proportion of college students who prefer drink A: (. 406, . 586). Identify the point estimate for estimating the true proportion of college students who prefer that drink.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The width of every conficence interval is twice the margin of error.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P-hat is the average of the upper and lower bounds of the CI<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p-hat = (0.586+0.406)/2 = 0.496<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) .0 9 B) . 406 C) . 586 D) . 496<BR>\n" );
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