Please come up with a categorical variable for which you would like to estimate the true proportion
that fall into a certain category (e.g., the proportion of your Facebook friends who enjoy
cooking). Please come up with an original example (as best as you can) and state your
question clearly. Then conduct a survey with a sample of participants that would allow you to estimate the true
proportion for your phenomena of interest. Lastly, find the 95% confidence interval.
(a) Original example of a categorical variable for which I would like to estimate the true proportion that fall into a category:
Proportion of smokers in the college
(b) Survey was conducted among to tal of n = 3532 students in the college. x = 1219 students confirmed that the smoke
(c) To find 95 % Confidence interval:
The sample proportion is:
95 % confidence Interval is given by:
=
= (0.329, 0.361)
So,
95% confidence interval for smokers in the college is given by 32.9 % to 36.1 %
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