Q1: A random sample of 390 married couples found that 290 had two or more personality preferences in common. In another random sample of 570 married couples, it was found that only 36 had no preferences in common. Let p1 be the population proportion of all married couples who have two or more personality preferences in common. Let p2 be the population proportion of all married couples who have no personality preferences in common.
(a) Find a 95% confidence interval for p1 – p2. (Use 3 decimal places.)
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(a) Use a calculator with mean and standard deviation keys to verify that x1, s1, x2, and s2. (Round your answers to one decimal place.)
Q3: For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding. In a survey of 1000 large corporations, 260 said that, given a choice between a job candidate who smokes and an equally qualified nonsmoker, the nonsmoker would get the job. (a) Let p represent the proportion of all corporations
preferring a nonsmoking candidate. Find a point estimate for
p. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
Q4: Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) has been studied by zoologist Bill Alther.† Suppose a small group of 12 Allen's hummingbirds has been under study in Arizona. The average weight for these birds is x = 3.15 grams. Based on previous studies, we can assume that the weights of Allen's hummingbirds have a normal distribution, with ? = 0.20 gram. (a) Find an 80% confidence interval for the average weights of Allen's hummingbirds in the study region. What is the margin of error? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)
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Solution1;
let p1^ be sample proportion who had two or more personality preferences in common
and p2^ be sample proportion who had no preferences in common.
p1^=x1/n1=290/390=0.7435897
p2^=x2/n2=36/570=0.06315789
Z crit=95%=1.96
95% confidence interval for diff in proportions
=p1^-p2^+-Z sqrt(p1^(1-p1^)/n1+p2^(1-p2^)/n2
=0.7435897-0.06315789+-1.96sqrt(0.7435897*(1-0.7435897)/390+0.06315789*(1-0.06315789)/570)
=0.6804318+-0.04772
0.6804318-0.04772,0.6804318+0.04772
=0.633,0.728
lower limit=0.633
upper limit=0.728
0.633<p1-p2<0.728
we are 95% confident that the true population proportion difference lies in between 0.633 and 0.728
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