In a recent survey 1845 randomly selected people were asked

In a recent survey, 1845 randomly selected people were asked if they believed that the US should return to a draft as a way to staff the military services. The respondent\'s age was also recorded. A contingency table summarizing the results of this survey is provided below.


Note: for the problems in this section you can, where appropriate, express your answers in fractional \'n/d\' form. If you compute a decimal answer, please use 3 decimal precision.
A) The point estimate for the true proportion of US residents, 18 years and older, who believe that we should reinstate the military draft is:



B) The odds that a person thinks that the US should reinstate the military draft if they are older than 62 are:



C) The 95% confidence interval for the true odds that a person thinks that the US should reinstate a military draft if they are older than 62 is:
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D) The odds ratio for person older than 62 versus a person in the youngest age group having the attitude that the US should reinstate the military draft is:



E) The 95% confidence interval for the true odds ratio for a person older than 62 versus a person in the youngest age group having the attitude that the US should reinstate the military draft is:
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F) The 95% confidence interval for the true percent change in odds for a person older than 62 versus a person in the youngest age group having the attitude that the US should reinstate the military draft is:
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Attitude regarding the draft
Age Group Reinstate Don\'t Reinstate Total
18 to 32 14 247 261
33 to 47 66 402 468
48 to 62 65 294 359
>62 167 590 757
>Total 312 1533 1845

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