Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

Schinazi, Rinaldo B.

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Rinaldo B. Schinazi²

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In a poll of 100 randomly selected voters, 35 expressed support for initiative A. How does one estimate the proportion of voters in the whole population that supports initiative A based on the sample of 100? How much confidence do we have on our estimate?

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Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, 80933-7150, USA
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Schinazi, R.B. (2012). Estimation and Hypothesis Testing. In: Probability with Statistical Applications. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8250-7_5

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