$$\text { TABLE 8-10 }$$ The president of a university would like to estimate the proportion of the student population that owns a personal computer. In a sample of 500 students, 417 own a personal computer.
-Referring to Table 8-10, we are 99% confident that the average numbers of student population who own a personal computer is between 0.7911 and 0.8769.

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The statement should refer to the proportion, not the average number, and the confidence interval is for the proportion of students owning a personal computer, not the average number.

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