SCENARIO 8-9
A university wanted to find out the percentage of students who felt comfortable reporting
cheating by their fellow students.A surveyed of 2,800 students was conducted and the
students were asked if they felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students.The
results were 1,344 answered "Yes" and 1,456 answered "no".
-True or False: Referring to Scenario 8-9, it is possible that the 99% confidence interval
calculated from the data will not contain the proportion of the student population who feel
comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A confidence interval provides a range of values within which the true population parameter is expected to fall, but there is still a small chance (1% in this case) that the true proportion lies outside this interval.

SCENARIO 8-9 A University Wanted to Find Out the Percentage of Students