TABLE 8-16
The president of a university is concerned that the percentage of students who have cheated on an exam is higher than the 1% acceptable level.A confidential random sample of 1,000 students from a population of 7,000 revealed that 6 of them said that they had cheated on an exam during the last semester.
-True or False: Referring to Table 8-16,using the 90% one-sided confidence interval,the superintendent can be 85% confident that no more than 1% of the students at the university had cheated on an exam during the last semester.

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The 90% one-sided confidence interval is 0.0027 to 0.0173. Since the upper bound of the confidence interval is less than 0.01, the superintendent can be 85% confident that no more than 1% of the students at the university had cheated on an exam during the last semester.

TABLE 8-16 The President of a University Is Concerned That the Percentage