An article about the relative priorities of protecting the
Last updated: 11/26/2023
An article about the relative priorities of protecting the environment and the economy in America summarized a survey of 1 600 adult U S citizens When asked whether protecting the environment or protecting jobs should have a higher priority 832 of the survey participants chose protecting the environment The article states that participants were selected to be representative of all adult U S citizens a Estimate the proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs What statistic did you use What statistic did you use O sample proportion population proportion MY NOTES b Use the sample data to estimate the standard error of p c Calculate the margin of error associated with the estimate in Part a Round your answer to three decimal places PRACTICE ANOTHER Interpret the margin of error in the context of this problem It is impossible that the estimated proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs differs from the true population proportion by less than the calculated value It is unlikely that the estimated proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs differs from the true population proportion by more than the calculated value OIt is impossible that the estimated proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs differs from the true population proportion by more than the calculated value It is likely that the estimated proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs differs from the true population proportion by the calculated value It is unlikely that the estimated proportion of adult U S citizens who think that protecting the environment should be a higher priority than protecting jobs differs from the true population proportion by less than the calculated value