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Interval estimates for proportions — Question 60

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QUESTION 60

An approximate confidence interval for a population proportion has centre 0.630.63 and margin of error 0.040.04. The interval is
(A)
(0.59,0.67)(0.59,0.67)
(B)
(0.61,0.65)(0.61,0.65)
(C)
(0.63,0.67)(0.63,0.67)
(D)
(0.59,0.63)(0.59,0.63)
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