SCENARIO 8-14
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.
-Referring to Scenario 8-14,using the 90% one-sided confidence interval,the president can be 95% 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 given confidence interval is one-sided, but it is not clear whether it is a one-sided upper or lower interval. Also, the given information does not allow us to calculate a confidence interval to determine the percentage of students who cheated with a 90% confidence level. Therefore, we cannot conclude whether the president can be 95% confident that no more than 1% of the students had cheated on an exam during the last semester.

SCENARIO 8-14 The President of a University Is Concerned That the Percentage