In 2018, researchers examined a random sample of 1455 "disadvantaged" Australian school children (children aged 6 – 15 from rural and outer suburban areas) and found that 4.3% of them were nearsighted. In 2014, the rate of nearsightedness among such children was 3.5%. Is this strong evidence that the parameter has changed since 2018?

No, this is not a strong evidence that the parameter has changed since 2018. This is because, there are so many factors that could have led to the fall in percentage of "disadvantaged school students" from the initial 3.5% to 4.3%.

Some of the factors could be reduction in the number of disadvantaged students, sample size considered being considered as well as the geographic location upon which the random sampling was made.

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