A recent Pew poll suggests that 20% of Republicans and 70% of Democrats think climate change is a...
A recent Pew poll suggests that 20% of Republicans and 70% of Democrats think climate change is a serious problem. Assume these are the TRUE percentages of Republicans/Democrats that think climate change is a serious problem.
Consider a survey of 100 Republicans: what is the standard deviation of the number of Republicans who think climate change is a very serious problem in this sample?
Consider a survey of 100 Republicans: you want to find the probability that 30 or more Republicans think climate change is a very serious problem. Is it appropriate to use the normal approximation to the binomial to get this probability (give a reason)?
Here is the actual data on who thinks climate change is a serious problem: 52 out of 260 Republicans and 197 out of 290 Democrats. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the true difference in proportions (perform as Democrat Proportion - Republican Proportion, and assume the critical value you need is 1.96).

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