TABLE 8-11
A university wanted to find out the percentage of students who felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. A survey 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."
-Referring to Table 8-11, we are 99% confident that between 45.57% and 50.43% of the student population feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students.

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This is a statement of a confidence interval. The interval given in the table (45.57% to 50.43%) suggests that there is evidence to support the claim that between 45.57% and 50.43% of the student population feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students with a 99% level of confidence. Therefore, the statement is true.

TABLE 8-11 A University Wanted to Find Out the Percentage of Students