10
QuizMultiple Choice

Preparing to Estimate a Population Proportion

Question 10 • CA-Statistics and Probability B

A teacher has a large container of blue, red, and green beads. She wants her students to estimate the proportion of red beads. Each student selects 50 beads, counts the number of red beads, and returns the beads to the container. One student sample has 15 red beads. The students are asked to construct a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of red beads in the container. Are the conditions for inference met?

Answer
A
Yes, the conditions for inference are met.
B
No, the 10% condition is not met.
C
No, the randomness condition is not met.
D
No, the Large Counts Condition is not met.