When Gregor Mendel conducted his famous genetics experiments with peas, one sample of offspring consisted of 428 green peas and 152 yellow peas.
a) Find a 95% confidence interval estimate of the proportion of yellow peas.
b) Based on his theory of genetics, Mendel expected that 25% of the offspring peas would be yellow. Do the results contradict Mendel’s theory? Why or why not?
Confidence interval calculation for proportion.
The result don't contradict because the obtained interval contain 25%.
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