A dining hall at a university is considering expanding their vegan menu. They conducted a survey of 150 college aged students found that 34 were following a vegan diet. Construct a 97% confidence interval for the proportion of college students at this university following a vegan diet. • Report the interval as a complete sentence in the context of the problem. • Would a 99% confidence interval be narrower or wider? Why? • Is it possible that the true proportion of vegans on college campuses is more than 15%? Why or why not?

A dining hall at a university is considering expanding their vegan menu. They conducted a survey of 150 college aged students found that 34 were following a vegan diet. Construct a 97% confidence interval for the proportion of college students at this university following a vegan diet. • Report the interval as a complete sentence in the context of the problem. • Would a 99% confidence interval be narrower or wider? Why? • Is it possible that the true proportion of vegans on college campuses is more than 15%? Why or why not?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.3: Measures Of Spread

Problem 1GP

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