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A newly hired telemarketer is told he will probably make a sale on about 12$\%$ of his phone calls. The first week he called 200 people, but only made 10 sales. Should he suspect he was misled about the true success rate? Explain.

          A newly hired telemarketer is told he will probably make a sale on about 12$\%$ of his phone
calls. The first week he called 200 people, but only made 10 sales. Should he suspect he was misled about the true success rate? Explain.

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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Solved by Expert Christopher Dzorkpata

01/30/2022

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If he was told he would make a sale on about 12% of his phone calls, and he called 200 people, then he should have expected to make about 24 sales (200 * 0.12 = 24). However, he only made 10 sales. This is significantly less than the expected number of sales. Show more…

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A newly hired telemarketer is told he will probably make a sale on about 12$\%$ of his phone calls. The first week he called 200 people, but only made 10 sales. Should he suspect he was misled about the true success rate? Explain.