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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Scope of Inference

Question 12 • VA-Probability and Statistics

The top few hits from a search engine claim that approximately 10% of the population in the United States are left-handed. From a random sample of 20 students at your high school, you find that 6 out of 20 are left-handed, which gives you reason to believe that the true parameter is greater than 10%.Using the table of random numbers and starting at row 1, which of the following gives the correct sequence of left- and right-handed individuals for the first trial of the simulation?

Answer
A
RRRRR RRLLR RRRRR LRRRL
B
LLLLL LLRRL LLLLL RLLLR
C
LLRRR LLLLL LLLRR LRLRL
D
RRLLL RRRRR RRRLL RRRRR