In a recent survey of 205 never-married single women, 78% thought they would eventually find, and marry, their perfect mate. A 95% Confidence Interval for this proportion would be .78 plus or minus
1.645
.0476
.0567
.0157
Margin of error
=0.0567
A 95% Confidence Interval for this proportion would be .78 plus or minus 0.0567 |
In a recent survey of 205 never-married single women, 78% thought they would eventually find, and...
In a recent survey of 205 never-married single women, 78% thought they would eventually find, and marry, their perfect mate. The standard error for a confidence interval for this proportion is .4142 .0008 .1716 .0289
From a survey of 200 coworkers you find that 68 would like the company to provide on-site day care. a) What is the value of the sample proportion p̂ ? b) What is the standard error of the sample proportion? c) Construct an approximate 95% confidence interval for the true proportion p by taking plus or minus 2 SEs ±2 SEs from the sample proportion.
Psychologist Michael Cunningham conducted a survey of college women to see whether, upon graduation, they would prefer to marry a high school teacher who has short workdays, summers off, and spare energy to help raise children, or a surgeon who earns eight times as much but works brutal hours. He found that 75% of the college women said they would choose the teacher. [Source: Alex Williams, “Putting Money on the Table,” The New York Times, September 23, 2007.] Select the...