document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=873495>Question 873495</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A survey of 300 union members in New York State reveals that 37.3% favor the Republican candidate for governor.  Construct the 98% confidence interval for the true population proportion of all New York union members.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For this I got (.308, .438) but the next part of the question is throwing me off.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the point estimate of the population proportion p of voters favoring the Republican candidate? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "For this I got (.308, .438) but the next part of the question is throwing me off. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the point estimate of the population proportion p of voters favoring the Republican candidate?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The point estimate of the population proportion is p-hat = 0.373<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is the mid-point of your confidence interval.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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