In: Statistics and Probability
An environmentalist wants to find out the fraction of oil tankers that have spills each month. Step 2 of 2 : Suppose a sample of 250 tankers is drawn. Of these ships, 198 did not have spills. Using the data, construct the 85 % confidence interval for the population proportion of oil tankers that have spills each month. Round your answers to three decimal places.
We have given,
x=250-198=52
n=250
Estimate for sample proportion= 0.208
Level of significance is =1-0.85=0.15
Z critical value(using Z table)=1.44
Confidence interval formula is
=(0.171,0.245)
Lower limit for confidence interval=0.171
Upper limit for confidence interval=0.245