Some college professors and students examined 137 Canadian geese for patent schistosome

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Some college professors and students examined 137 Canadian geese for patent schistosome in the year they hatched. Of these 137 birds, 54 were infected. The professors and students were interested in estimating p, the proportion of infected birds of this type. For future studies, determine the sample size n so that the estimate of p is within \(\varepsilon = 0.04\) of the unknown p with 90% confidence.

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Some college professors and students examined 137 Canadian geese for patent schistosome in the year they hatched. Of these 137 birds, 54 were infected. The professors and students were interested in estimating p, the proportion of infected birds of this type. For future studies, determine the sample size n so that the estimate of p is within \(\varepsilon = 0.04\) of the unknown p with 90% confidence.

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Some college professors and students examined n = 137 Canadian geese for patent schistosome in the year they hatched. Of these n = 137 birds, x = 54 were infected. The professors and students were interested in estimating p, the proportion of infected birds of this type.

For future studies, we need to determine the sample size n so that the estimate of p is within  = 0.04 of the unknown p with 90% confidence.

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