PS.SPMJ.4

Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion; develop a margin of error through the use of simulation models for random sampling.

Example Problems
A streaming company reviews 1,200 randomly selected viewing sessions from millions of sessions and finds that 108 experienced noticeable buffering.

Based on this sample, what is the
95% confidence interval for the proportion of sessions that experience buffering?
Round your answers to the
nearest thousandth.
A city library system selects a random sample of 240 books from its collection of over 300,000 and finds 12 with torn pages.

Based on this sample, what is the
confidence interval for the proportion of books with torn pages?
Round your answers to the nearest thousandth.
An e-commerce warehouse samples 350 outgoing packages from over 50,000 daily shipments and finds 21 with incorrect shipping labels.

Based on this
sample, what is the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of packages with incorrect labels?
Round your answers to the nearest thousandth.
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