TABLE 8-13
A university wanted to find out the percentage of students who felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. A surveyed of 2,800 students was conducted and the students were asked if they felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. The results were 1,344 answered "yes" and 1,456 answered "no."
-Referring to Table 8-13, we are 99% confident that the total numbers of student population who feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students is between 0.4557 and 0.5043.

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TABLE 8-13
 A university wanted to find out the percentage of students who felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. A surveyed of 2,800 students was conducted and the students were asked if they felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. The results were 1,344 answered "yes" and 1,456 answered "no."
-Referring to Table 8-13, we are 99% confident that the total numbers of student population who feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students is between 0.4557 and 0.5043.

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The confidence interval provided is for the proportion of students who feel comfortable reporting cheating, not the total number.

TABLE 8-13 a University Wanted to Find Out the Percentage of Percentage