On November 3 5 2010 the Gallup Organization surveyed 1028

On November 3 – 5, 2010, the Gallup Organization surveyed 1028 adult Americans and found that 463 said they supported a ban on smoking in public places. More recently, on October 15 – 17, 2014, the Gallup Organization surveyed 997 adult Americans and found that 550 supported a ban on smoking in public places.

a) Construct a 93% confidence interval for the above data. Show your work using the formulas.

b) Construct a 98% confidence interval for the above data. Show your work using the formulas.

c) Interpret the confidence interval calculated in part (b)

d) At the = 0.05, is there evidence to conclude that a difference in opinion exists over time? Conduct a full hypothesis test by following the steps below.

i. State the null and alternative hypotheses.

ii.State the significance level for this problem.

iii. Check the conditions that allow you to use the test statistic, and, if appropriate, calculate the test statistic.

iv. Calculate the p-value and include the probability notation statement.

v. State whether you reject or do not reject the null hypothesis. State your conclusion in context of the problem (i.e. interpret your results).

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