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Binge drinking In a recent National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2312 of 5914 randomly selected full-time U.S. college students were classified as binge drinkers.13 (a) Calculate and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the population proportion p that are binge drinkers. (b) A newspaper article claims that 45% of full-time U.S. college students are binge drinkers. Use your result from part (a) to comment on this claim.

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Binge drinking In a recent National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2312 of 5914 randomly selected full-time U.S. college students were classified as binge drinkers.13 (a) Calculate and interpret a 99% confidence interval for the population proportion p that are binge drinkers. (b) A newspaper article claims that 45% of full-time U.S. college students are binge drinkers. Use your result from part (a) to comment on this claim.

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