In: Statistics and Probability
Out of a random sample of 355 freshman at State University, 192 students have declared a major. Find a 96% confidence interval for the true population proportion of freshman at State University who have declared a major.
Find the left endpoint of the confidence interval .
Round to three decimal places
Here in this scenario it is given that the random sample of 355 freshman at State University, 192 students have declared a major.
Based on given sample information we have to calculate the 96% Confidence Interval for population proportion. So to compute the Confidence Interval we need to use z test for population proportion.
Further the confidence Interval for population proportion is calculated using z distribution as below,
The z critical value is calculated using Standerd normal z-table or using Excel.
Therefore, based on the data provided, the 96% confidence interval for the population proportion is 0.487<p<0.595.
which indicates that we are 96% confident that the true population proportion pp is contained by the interval (0.487, 0.595).
The left endpoint of Confidence Interval is 0.487.
Thank you.