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(a) Find (±0.0001) SEpˆ the standard error of pˆ?

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(b) Give the 95% confidence interval for p in the form of estimate plus or minus the margin of error (±0.0001)?

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(c) Give the confidence interval as an interval of percents (±.0.1)?

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Solution

a)

We get the standard error of p, sp:              
              
sp = sqrt[p(1 - p) / n] =    0.026530099   [ANSWER]

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B)  

First, we get the point estimate of the proportion, p^,              
              
p^ = x / n =    0.189349112          
              
Also, the margin of error is

E = z(alpha/2) * sp = 0.051998039

Thus, our confidence interval is

0.189349112 +/- 0.051998039. [ANSWER]

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c)

              
z(alpha/2) =    1.959963985          

Thus,              
              
lower bound = p^ - z(alpha/2) * sp   0.137351074          
upper bound = p^ + z(alpha/2) * sp =    0.241347151          
              
Thus, the confidence interval is              
              
(13.7351074% , 24.1347151%) [ANSWER]