A report from the Pew Research Center found that disclosures by former National Security Administration (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden about NSA spying have damaged one major element of America’s global image: its reputation for protecting individual liberties. One question in the report asked, “Do you think the government of the U.S. respects the personal freedoms of its people?”
a. Of 1000 adults surveyed in the United Kingdom, 65% said yes, resulting in a 99% confidence interval of (0.61, 0.69). True or false: The confidence interval means that we can be 99% confident that between 61% and 69% of the population of the United Kingdom believes that the U.S. government respects the personal freedoms of its people.
b. Of 1000 adults surveyed in Germany, 58% said yes, resulting in a 99% confidence interval of (0.54, 0.62). True or false: The confidence interval means that we can be 99% confident that of 1000 Germans sampled, between 540 and 620 of them think the U.S. government respects the personal freedom of its people.