A random sample of 100 voters is taken to estimate the proportion of a state’s electorate in favor of increasing the gasoline tax to provide additional revenue for highway repairs. What is the largest value that the standard error of the sample proportion in favor of this measure can take?

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Q: An article in the Washington Post on March 16, 1993 stated that nearly 45 percent of all Americans…

A: p^=xn= 2255= 0.40

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A: The given sample space is {(bb), (bg), (gb), (gg)}

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A: Formula for margin of error is ME = Zα/2 * σ / √n where Zα/2 = critical value

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Q: When two births are randomly selected, the sample space for genders is bb, bg, gb, and gg. Assume…

A: When two births are randomly selected, the sample space for genders is bb, bg, gb, and gg. Assume…

Q: The symbol ¯xx¯ represents the mean of the sample. True False

A: The given statement is TRUE. Because, the symbol x-bar represents the mean of a sample.

Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.