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A recent poll randomly selects 500 registered voters residing in Nassau County. For this sample, 361...

A recent poll randomly selects 500 registered voters residing in Nassau County. For this sample, 361 respondents state that they believe that the country is NOT moving in a good direction.

a) What is the population and parameter that is being discussed? ?

b) For this parameter, identify the point estimate. ?

c) Determine the estimate of the standard error. ?

d) Construct a 95% Confidence Interval for the population parameter. ?

e) Calculate the margin of error. ?

f) Interpret the meaning of the 95% Confidence Interval for the population parameter.

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