Departures 2011 What are the chances your flight will leave on time? The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the Department of Transportation publishes information about airline performance. Here are a histogram and summary statistics for the percentage of flights departing on time each month from 1995 thru September 2011. (www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDrillChart.asp)
There is no evidence of a trend over time.
a) Check the assumptions and conditions for inference.
b) Find a 90% confidence interval for the true percentage of flights that depart on time.
c) Interpret this interval for a traveler planning to fly
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