Question

A sample of Harrisonburg residents showed that a proportion of p̂=0.5 rented their housing with a 95% confidence interval of (0.49, 0.55). According to this study, do the majority of people in Harrisonburg rent?

a) Yes, because 0.52 is higher than 0.50

b) No, because 0.52 is close to 0.5

c) Yes, because the confidence interval contains values above 0.50

d) No, because the confidence interval contains values less than 0.50

e) No, because 0.52 is less than 50%

Answer 1

A sample of Harrisonburg residents showed that a proportion of p̂=0.5 rented their housing with a 95% confidence interval of (0.49, 0.55).

Ans:

d) No, because the confidence interval contains values less than 0.50