To evaluate the policy of routine vaccination of infants for whooping cough, adverse reactions were monitored in

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To evaluate the policy of routine vaccination of infants for whooping cough, adverse reactions were monitored in 339 infants who received their first injection of vaccine. Reactions were noted in 69 of the infants.9
(a) Construct a 95% confidence interval for the probability of an adverse reaction to the vaccine.
(b) Interpret the confidence interval from part (a). What does the interval say about whooping cough vaccinations?
(c) Using your interval from part (a), can we be confident that the probability of an adverse reaction to the vaccine is less than 0.25?
(d) What level of confidence is associated with your answer to part (c)?
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Statistics For The Life Sciences

ISBN: 9780321989581

5th Edition

Authors: Myra Samuels, Jeffrey Witmer, Andrew Schaffner

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