In the 2012 General Social Survey, respondents were asked whether they favored or opposed the death penalty

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In the 2012 General Social Survey, respondents were asked whether they favored or opposed the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Software shows results Here, X refers to the number of the respondents who were in favor.
a. Show how to obtain the value reported under “Sample p.”
b. Interpret the confidence interval reported, in context.
c. Explain what the “95% confidence” refers to, by describing the long-run interpretation.
d. Can you conclude that more than half of all American adults were in favor? Why?

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Statistics The Art And Science Of Learning From Data

ISBN: 9780321997838

4th Edition

Authors: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg

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