In the 2000 General Social Survey, respondents were asked whether they favored or opposed the death penalty for people convicted of murder. Of the 2565 people surveyed, 1764 said that they were in favor of the death penalty for convicted murders.
Calculate:
b. Construct a 95% confidence interval for p, the true population proportion.
c. Explain what "95% confidence" refers to.
d. Can you conclude that more than half of all Americans were in favor? Why?
e. What is the margin of error in this confidence interval?
f. What is the z-multiplier in this confidence interval?
g. What is the standard error in this confidence interval?