In an episode of the old school version of the game show Family Feud, 43 out of a random sample of 100 people said they pick their noses at red lights. Find a 95% confidence interval of the proportion of all people who pick their noses at red lights. Be sure to interpret your answer

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Answer:

[tex]P_{95\%}=(0.333,0.527)[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that:

Sample size [tex]n=100[/tex]

Selected sample [tex]x=43[/tex]

Confidence Interval [tex]CI=95\%[/tex]

Significance Level [tex]\alpha=0.05[/tex]

Probability of picking nose is

[tex]P=\frac{x}{n}[/tex]

[tex]P=\frac{43}{100}[/tex]

[tex]P=0.43[/tex]

Generally the equation for standard error is mathematically given by

[tex]S.E=\sqrt{p*(1-p)}{n}[/tex]

[tex]S.E=\sqrt{0.4*(1-0.57)}{100}[/tex]

[tex]S.E=0.0495[/tex]

Therefore

The proportions 95\% interval is

[tex]P_{95\%}=[P-1.96x SE(P),P+1.96*SE(P)][/tex]

[tex]P_{95\%}=(0.43-1.96*0.0495,0.43+1.96*0.045)[/tex]

[tex]P_{95\%}=(0.333,0.527)[/tex]