The article The Functional Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty (R. Kane, K. Saleh, et

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The article “The Functional Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty” (R. Kane, K. Saleh, et al., Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 2005:1719–1724) reports that out of 10,501 surgeries, 859 resulted in complications within six months of surgery.

Find a \(95 \%\) confidence interval for the proportion of surgeries that result in complications within six months.

Find a \(99 \%\) confidence interval for the proportion of surgeries that result in complications within six months.

A surgeon claims that the rate of complications is less than \(8.5 \%\). With what level of confidence can this claim be made?

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