TABLE 8-10
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 8-10, it is possible that the 99% confidence interval calculated from the data will not contain the proportion of student population who feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students.

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As the confidence interval is calculated based on a sample and not the entire population, there is a chance that it may not contain the true proportion of the population who feel comfortable reporting cheating. This possibility increases as the confidence level increases.

TABLE 8-10 A University Wanted to Find Out the Percentage of Students