In: Statistics and Probability
. A nutritionist found that in a sample of 80 families, 22% said they ate apples at least once a week. Find
the 90% confidence interval of the true proportion of families who eat apples at least once a week.
5. A survey of 120 female freshmen showed that 18 did not wish to work after marriage. Find the 95%
confidence interval of the true proportion of females who do not wish to work after marriage.
4)
Given,
= 0.22 , n
= 80
90% confidence interval for p is
-
Z
/2 * Sqrt
(
(1-
) / n) <
p <
+
Z
/2 * Sqrt
(
(1-
) / n)
0.22 - 1.645 * sqrt( 0.22 * 0.78 / 80) < p < 0.22 + 1.645 * sqrt( 0.22 * 0.78 / 80)
0.144 < p < 0.296
90% CI is ( 0.144 , 0.296 )
5)
sample proportion = 18 / 120
= 0.15
95% confidence interval for p is
-
Z
/2 * Sqrt
(
(1-
) / n) <
p <
+
Z
/2 * Sqrt
(
(1-
) / n)
0.15 - 1.96 * sqrt ( 0.15 * 0.85 / 120) < p < 0.15 + 1.96 * sqrt ( 0.15 * 0.85 / 120)
0.086 < p < 0.214
95% CI is ( 0.086 , 0.214 )