A survey of 800 randomly selected senior citizens showed that 55% said they planned to watch an upcoming political debate on television. The margin of error for the 95% confidence interval is 3.5 percentage points. Does the confidence interval support the claim that the majority of senior citizens plan to watch the upcoming political debate on television? Explain why or why not.

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The Answer is Yes, a confidence interval of 55% <img src="https://d2lvgg3v3hfg70.cloudfront.net/TB3889/11eb4848_5bf4_3c9b_bdae_0375ea37a41a_TB3889_11.jpg" alt="Yes, a confidence interval of 55%   3.5% would include plausible population parameter values that are greater than 50% so the claim would not be unreasonable." class="answers-bank-image d-inline" rel="preload" > 3.5% would include plausible population parameter values that are greater than 50% so the claim would not be unreasonable.

A Survey of 800 Randomly Selected Senior Citizens Showed That