In: Statistics and Probability
An audit firm surveyed salespeople cheating on their expense reports and other unethical conduct. In the survey of 180 managers, 54% of the managers have caught salespeople cheating on an expense report, 50% have caught salespeople working a second job on company time, 22% have caught salespeople listing a “bars” as a “restaurants” on an expense report, and 19% have caught salespeople giving a kickback to a customer. What is the estimated upper limit for the proportion of managers who caught salespeople cheating on an expense report with a 90% confidence?
Solution :
Given that,
Point estimate = sample proportion = = 0.54
1 - = 1 - 0.54 = 0.46
Z = Z0.10 = 1.282
Margin of error = E = Z / 2 * (( * (1 - )) / n)
= 1.282 (((0.54 * 0.46) / 180)
= 0.048
A 90% confidence interval for population proportion p is ,
+ E
= 0.54 + 0.048 = 0.588
upper limit = 0.588