Question

In a sample of 35 high school seniors, 14 of them are attending college in the fall. Find the 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of high school seniors that will attend college in the fall from the population.

Answer 1

Answer:

Between 23.77% and 56.23%

Step-by-step explanation:

On your TI-84

Press STAT

Use right arrow to scroll over to highlight TESTS

Use down arrow to scroll down to A:1-PropZInt...

Press ENTER

Make the screen read

x:14  

n:35

C-Level:0.95

Calculate

highlight  Calculate

Press ENTER

See this:

(.2377,.5623)

p(hat)=.4

n=35

The confidence interval is 0.2377 < p < 0.5623

Between 23.77% and 56.23%