In the 2008 General Social Survey, respondents were asked if they favored or opposed the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Software shows results

Here, X refers to the number of the respondents who were in favor.
a. Show how to obtain the value reported under €œSample p.€
b. Interpret the confidence interval reported, in context.
c. Explain what the €œ95% confidence€ refers to, by describing the long-run interpretation.
d. Can you conclude that more than half of all American adults were in favor? Why?

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Sample x N Sample p 95% CI 1 1263 1902 0.664038 (0.642811, 0.685265)