A 96% confidence interval for the proportion of the labor force that is unemployed in a certain

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A 96% confidence interval for the proportion of the labor force that is unemployed in a certain city is (0.07, 0.10). Which of the following statements about this interval is true?

(a) The probability is 0.96 that between 7% and 10% of the labor force is unemployed.

(b) About 96% of the intervals constructed by this method will contain the true proportion of unemployed in the city.

(c) In repeated samples of the same size, there is a 96%

chance that the sample proportion will fall between 0.07 and 0.10.

(d) The true rate of unemployment lies within this interval 96% of the time.

(e) Between 7% and 10% of the labor force is unemployed 96% of the time.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781464108730

5th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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