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erika

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An Internet service provider is interested in estimating the proportion of homes in a particular community that have computers but do not already have Internet access.
 
  To do this, the company has selected a random sample of n = 200 homes and made calls. A total of 188 homes responded to the survey question with 38 saying that they had a computer with no Internet access. The 95 percent confidence interval estimate for the true population proportion is approximately 0.1447 - 0.2595. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When  is unknown, one should use an estimate that is considered to be at least as large as the true . This will provide a conservative sample size to be on the safe side.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

TRUE


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