Statistical Analysis: Calculating Population Proportion and Confidence Intervals, Exercises of Statistics

The calculations for determining the population proportion of women who most feared breast cancer based on a sample survey, as well as the confidence intervals for the sample proportion. The document also includes the assumptions made, the sample size and standard error calculations, and the margin of error and t score for the confidence interval.

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Sample Proportion +/-ยญโ€ 1.65 * se = 0.61 +/-ยญโ€ 1.65 * 0. = 0.61 +/-ยญโ€ 0. = (0.585, 0.635) = Population proportion of women who most feared breast cancer. b) 2 Assumptions: a) Data obtained by randomization b) A large enough sample size n is obtained so that the number of successes n๐‘ and number of failures n 1 โˆ’ ๐‘ are both at least 15 8.51) a) m = 25, ๐œŽ = 200 ๐‘› =

z = 1.96 (based on 95% confidence interval) = 153664/625, which is roughly 246 b) n = 246, ๐œŽ = 300 ๐‘› =

๐‘š!^ = 345744/246 = 1405.

  1. 46 = 37.49 = Margin of error 8.78) a) !!!!!!!!! ! = Sample mean = 1. ๐‘  =

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!".! ! = 2.074 = Standard Deviation Standard Error: ๐‘ ๐‘’ =

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b) Sample mean +/-ยญโ€ ๐‘ก!.!" * standard error Sample mean = 1. Standard error = 0. Degrees of Freedom = n โ€“ 1 = 5 โ€“ 1 = 4 ๐‘ก!.!" Corresponding to 4 df T score = 2. 1.6 +/-ยญโ€ 2. 775 * 0. = (-ยญโ€0.98, 4.18) = population mean c)

  1. Data obtained by randomization
  2. An approximately normal population distribution 8.87) a)