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A 90% confidence interval for the average salary of all CEOs in the electronics industry was constructed using the results of a random survey of 45 CEOs. The interval was ($139,048, $154,144). Give a practical interpretation of the interval.

• 90% of the sampled CEOs have salaries that fell in the interval $139,048 to $154,144
• We are 90% confident that the mean salary of all CEOs in the electronics industry falls in the interval $139,048 to $154,144. 
• 90% of all CEOs in the electronics industry have salaries that fall between $139,048 to $154,144
• We are 90% confident that the mean salary of the sampled CEOs falls in the interval $139,048 to $154,144.

A recent study of 750 Internet users in Europe found that 35% of Internet users were women.  What is the 95% confidence interval of the true proportion of women in Europe who use the Internet? 

• 0.321 < p < 0.379
• 0.316 < p < 0.384
• 0.309 < p < 0.391
• 0.305 < p < 0.395

A survey of 800 women shoppers found that 17% of them shop on impulse.  What is the 98% confidence interval for the true proportion of women shoppers who shop on impulse? 

• 0.148 < p < 0.192
• 0.136 < p < 0.204
• 0.144 < p < 0.196
• 0.139 < p < 0.201

A researcher at a major hospital wishes to estimate the proportion of the adult population of the U.S. that has high blood pressure.  How large a sample is needed in order to be 90% confident that the sample proportion will not differ from the true proportion by more than 5%?

• 9
• 271
• 164
• 542

Which of the following values below represents the critical value for a 98% confidence interval?

• 2.326
• 2.054
• 1.645
• 3.091

What is the margin of error for the interval (6.8, 12.9)?

• 9.85

• 3.05

• 3.50

• 6.8

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