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In any of the 20-value samples selected, some jurisdictions may have a percent of low-income working families that is not included in the 90% confidence interval calculated above. If federal funds are available only for jurisdictions whose percent of low-income working families falls within the reported confidence interval, explain whether an interval with a higher or lower confidence level would be more advantageous to the jurisdictions.

State -- working poor% --No HS diploma %

Alabama 37.3% (15.3%)

Alaska 25.9% 8.6%

Arizona 38.9% 14.8 %

Arkansas 41.8% 14 %

California 34.3% 17.6 %

Colorado 27.6% 10.1%

Connecticut 21.1% 9.5%

Delaware 27.8% 11.9

District of Columbia 23.2% 10.8%

Florida 37.3% 13.1%

Georgia 36.6% 14.9%

Hawaii 25.8% 7.2%

Idaho 38.6% 10.7%

Illinois 30.4% 11.5

Indiana 31.9% 12.2%

Iowa 28.8% 8.1%

Kansas 32% 9.7%

Kentucky 34.1% 13.6%

Louisana 36.3% 16.1%

Maine 30.4% 7.1%

Maryland 19.5% 9.7%

Massachusetts 20.1% 9.1%

Michigan 31.6% 10%

Minnesota 24.2% 7.3%

Mississippi 43.6% 17%

Missouri 32.7% 11.1%

Montana 36% 7%

Nebraska 31.1% 8.7%

Nevada 37.4% 16.6%

New Hampshire 19.7% 7.3%

New Jersey 21.2% 10.1%

New Mexico 43% 16.2%

New York 30.2% 13%

North Carolina 36.2% 13.6%

North Dakota 27.2% 5.9%

Ohio 31.8% 10.3%

Oklahoma 37.4% 13.2%

Oregon 33.9% 10.8%

Pennsylvania 26% 9.4%

Rhode Island 26.9% 12%

South Carolina 38.3% 14.2%

South Dakota 31% 8.7%

Tennessee 36.6%, 12.7%

Texas 38.3%, 17.8%

Utah 32.3%, 9.9%

Vermont 26.2%, 6.6%

Virginia 23.3%, 10.2%

Washington 26.4%. 10.2%

West Virgina 36.1%, 12.9%

Wisconsin 28.7% , 8.5%

Wyoming 28.1% , 8%

Explanation / Answer

If we need to add more families to the sample, higher or lower confidence would not be of any benefit to the jursidictions because adding more of confidence mean paying to more number of poor families. However, higher the confidence level, more accurate are the numbers.

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