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5) A NY Times article on the results of a CNN/ORC poll, stated that according to the poll, 60% of Americans said it was more

5) A NY Times article on the results of a CNN/ORC poll, stated that according to the poll, 60% of Americans said it was more important for Congress to approve a budget than cut health care funding. The article further stated that the poll's margin of error was plus or minus four percentage points.

a) [4 points] In exactly one sentence (you will get zero credit if you use more than one sentence), describe the above information in a precise and complete manner as an appropriate confidence interval

If your description includes a relevant number or information that is not explicitly stated above, justify in a sentence or two where that additional number/information came from

b) [2 points] What is the population of interest in the CNN/ORC poll mentioned above? (Answer in a sentence or two)

c) [2 points] Is the confidence interval that you have described above for a population mean or for a population proportion? Justify your choice by describing in words the numerical variable or the attribute (depending on your choice) of interest

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