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AP Statistics 3.1 Statistical Inference
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AP Statistics 3.1 Statistical Inference. Based on the numbers given, which of the following statements is true?

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AP Statistics 3.1 Statistical Inference. Based on the numbers given, which of the following statements is true?

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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by Halloween the

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day designated for handing out miniature candy bars unidentifiable chewy things [Girl handing out treats to children trick or treating]

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and home baked stuffed with burn marks on the bottom..an apples..Alright 31

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out of 75 high school students planned on trick-or-treating based on the

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numbers given which of the following statements is true if we calculate a

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confidence interval with a confidence level of ninety percent all right here are

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the potential answers....Okay well ever wonder why no one ever dresses up as a [People dressed up together in a park]

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statistician on Halloween? Well probably because they would spend most

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of their time calculating the true proportion of edible versus inedible [Statisticians performing calculations]

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nevermind, okay on to the problem we go let's do the math based on 31 who are

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going trick-or-treating out of our sample of 75 we also need to consider [children running out of a classroom to trick or treat]

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the 44 out of the 75 who have decided to take no part in the tp'ing and/or egging

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of houses using the numbers we have to calculate our formula the ninety percent [formula of the confidence interval]

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confidence level indicates a plus minus nine point three six percent while the

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true population proportion of trick-or-treaters is between 31.97

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percent and 50.69 percent the only one of the possible answers

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that matches that description is answer C, right there. If you answered correctly

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you can expect a two-foot-long gummy worm in your Halloween goody bag this [Little girl in a halloween costume holding a goody bag]

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year, just make sure it's actually a gummy if it tries to crawl back out of your mouth

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well you may want to avoid that house in future years[children screaming out trick or treating]

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