Archaeology: Pottery Santa Fe black-on-white is a type of pottery commonly found at archaeological excavations in Bandelier
Question:
Archaeology: Pottery Santa Fe black-on-white is a type of pottery commonly found at archaeological excavations in Bandelier National Monument. At one excavation site a sample of 592 potsherds was found, of which 360 were identifi ed as Santa Fe black-on-white (Bandelier Archaeological Excavation Project: Summer 1990 Excavations at Burnt Mesa Pueblo and Casa del Rito, edited by Kohler and Root, Washington State University).
(a) Let p represent the population proportion of Santa Fe black-on-white potsherds at the excavation site. Find a point estimate for p.
(b) Find a 95% confi dence interval for p. Give a brief statement of the meaning of the confi dence interval.
(c) Check Requirements Do you think the conditions np 5 and nq 5 are satisfi ed in this problem? Why would this be important?
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Understanding Basic Statistics
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Authors: Charles Henry Brase, Corrinne Pellillo Brase