Suppose that 20% of the subscribers of a cable television
company watch the shopping channel at least once a week. The cable
company is trying to decide whether to replace this channel with a
new local station. A survey of 100 subscribers will be undertaken.
The cable company has decided to keep the shopping channel if the
sample proportion is greater than 0.25.
What is the approximate probability that the cable company will
keep the shopping channel, even though the true proportion who
watch it is only 0.20? (Round your answer to four decimal
places.)
P(p̂ > 0.25) =
Solution
Given that,
p = 0.20
1 - p = 1-0.20=0.80
n = 100
= p =0.20
= [p( 1 - p ) / n] = [(0.20*0.80) /100 ] = 0.04
P( > 0.25) = 1 - P( < 0.25)
= 1 - P(( - ) / < (0.25-0.20) / 0.04)
= 1 - P(z < 1.25)
Using z table
= 1 -0.8944
=0.1056
probability=0.1056
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