Problem

15. A survey of 852 voters in one state reveals that 478 favor approval of an issue before the legislature. Construct the 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of all voters in the state who favor approval. (10 poinți)

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(0.5277,0.5944)

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Step 1 :Calculate the sample proportion, p^=478852

Step 2 :Find the z-score for a 95\% confidence level, which is approximately 1.96

Step 3 :Calculate the standard error, SE=p^(1p^)n

Step 4 :Construct the confidence interval, CI=p^±z×SE

Step 5 :Calculate the lower bound of the confidence interval, LB=p^z×SE

Step 6 :Calculate the upper bound of the confidence interval, UB=p^+z×SE

Step 7 :(0.5277,0.5944)

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