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Santa Fe black-on-white is a type of pottery commonly found at archaeological excavations at a certain...

Santa Fe black-on-white is a type of pottery commonly found at archaeological excavations at a certain monument. At one excavation site a sample of 600 potsherds was found, of which 362 were identified as Santa Fe black-on-white.

(a) Let p represent the proportion of Santa Fe black-on-white potsherds at the excavation site. Find a point estimate for p. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)


(b) Find a 95% confidence interval for p. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)

lower limit    
upper limit    


Give a brief statement of the meaning of the confidence interval.

5% of all confidence intervals would include the true proportion of potsherds.95% of all confidence intervals would include the true proportion of potsherds.    5% of the confidence intervals created using this method would include the true proportion of potsherds.95% of the confidence intervals created using this method would include the true proportion of potsherds.


(c) Do you think that np > 5 and nq > 5 are satisfied for this problem? Explain why this would be an important consideration.

No, the conditions are not satisfied. This is important because it allows us to say that is approximately normal.No, the conditions are not satisfied. This is important because it allows us to say that is approximately binomial.    Yes, the conditions are satisfied. This is important because it allows us to say that is approximately normal.Yes, the conditions are satisfied. This is important because it allows us to say that is approximately binomial.

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Expert Solution

a) a point estimate for p is

b)

Interpretation :

.95% of the confidence intervals created using this method would include the true proportion of potsherds.

c) n*p = 362 > 5

n*q = n - n*p = 600 - 362 = 238 > 5

Yes, the conditions are satisfied. This is important because it allows us to say that is approximately normal.


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