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According to a poll, 85% of California adults (429 out of 506 surveyed) feel that education...

According to a poll, 85% of California adults (429 out of 506 surveyed) feel that education is one of the top issues facing California. We wish to construct a 90% confidence interval for the true proportion of California adults who feel that education is one of the top issues facing California. What is a point estimate for the true population proportion?

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point estimate, p^ = p = 429/506 = 0.8478 = 0.85

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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