In the 2008 General Social Survey, respondents were asked whether they favored or opposed the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Out of 1902 people, 1263 said that they favored the death penalty.

1)based on this sample, what is a sample statistic for the population proportion of those who favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder?

120

0.69

0.66

0.34

2)Find out the Z* multiplier that is necessary to construct a 95% confidence interval for the population proportion p of those who favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder?

2.53

1.96

3.33

1.28

3) Calculate the standard error of the sample proportion based on this sample.

0.08

0.29

0.1

0.98

4)Find a 95% confidence interval estimate of p, the population proportion of those who favor the death penalty for people convicted of murder.

.69 .09

.66 .20

.66 .02

.94 .24

5)Based on the same sample, the 90% confidence interval estimate is __________ the 95% confidence interval estimate.

wider than

narrower than