Question: An important step in creating confidence intervals for proportions is to check whether the success/failure conditions have been met otherwise the interval created will not

An important step in creating confidence intervals for proportions is to check whether the success/failure conditions have been met otherwise the interval created will not be valid (i.e. we should not have created that interval)!

The following examples are estimating the proportion of vegetarians in the population. Try to determine whether or not the assumptions have been met.

Choose...Conditions not met /Conditions met In a sample of 90 people surveyed, 7 were vegetarians.

Answer 1 -> (met or not met ? )

Choose...Conditions not met /Conditions met In a sample of 25 people surveyed, 3 were vegetarians.

Answer 2->

Choose...Conditions not met /Conditions met In a sample of 30 people surveyed, 4 were vegetarians.

Answer 3->

Choose...Conditions not met/ Conditions met In a sample of 200 people surveyed, 15 were vegetarians.

Answer 4->

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