b) Calculate the confidence range of the results of part a) What do the results

Question

b) Calculate the confidence range of the results of part a)

What do the results mean?

7.59 A U.S. database contains patients with colon tumors. The colon tumor in each patient may or may not be cancerous. A random sample 100 patients with colon tumors was clinically tested (biopsy) to be classified as malignant or nonmalignant. The results reveal that 66% of the colon tumors were malignant, contrary to the belief that the true proportion was about 50%. a) Use the data of the experiment and obtain 99% confidence limits on the true proportion of malignant colon tumors.

Explanation / Answer

Confidence Interval For Proportion
CI = p

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse B
• Subjects

---

---

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.