The 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States reported the percentage of people 18 years of age and older who smoke. Suppose that a study designe

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The 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States reported the percentage of people 18 years of age and older who smoke. Suppose that a study designed to collect new data on smokers and nonsmokers uses a preliminary estimate of the proportion who smoke to be .30.
a) How large a sample should be taken to estimate the proportion of smokers in the population with a margin of error of 2%? Use 95% confidence.
b) Assume that the study uses your sample size recommendation above and finds 520 smokers. What is the point estimate of the proportion of smokers in the population?
c) What is the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of smokers in the population?

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Tasneem Almond

Tasneem Almond

Skilled2021-01-16Added 91 answers

Step 1
Given data
Error = 0.02
Confidence level = 0.95
Significance level =α=10.95=0.05
Z0.052=Z0.025=±1.96
(From Excel = NORM.S.INV(0.025))
sample proportion(p)=0.30
a)
Sample size is given by(n)
Margin of error formula is given by
E=Zα2×p(1p)n
Simplifying the above formula
n=p(1p)×(Zα2E)2=0.3×(10.3)×(1.960.02)2=2016.842017
Step 2
b)
n=2017
No of smokers = 520
Point estimate is given by
p^=5202017=0.258
Step 3
c)
95% confidence interval for the proportion of smokers in the population is given by
Confidence level = 0.95
Significance level =α=10.95=0.05
Z0.052=Z0.025=±1.96
(From Excel = NORM.S.INV(0.025))
Confidence interval is given by
p^+Zα2p^(1p^)n=0.258±1.960.258(10.258)2017=(0.239,0.277)
Step 4
Result:
a) 2017
b) 0.258
c) (0.239,0.277)

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