Answer:
The confidence interval at the 90% confidence level for the true population proportion of southern California community homes meeting at least the minimum recommendations for earthquake preparedness is (0.3136, 0.3830).
Step-by-step explanation:
In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of , and a confidence interval , we have the following confidence interval of proportions.
In which
Z is the zscore that has a pvalue of .
For this problem, we have that:
511 homes were surveyed, of which 178 met the minimum recommendations for earthquake preparedness. This means that and .
Find the confidence interval at the 90% confidence level for the true population proportion of southern California community homes meeting at least the minimum recommendations for earthquake preparedness.
So , z is the value of Z that has a pvalue of , so .
The lower limit of this interval is:
The upper limit of this interval is:
The confidence interval at the 90% confidence level for the true population proportion of southern California community homes meeting at least the minimum recommendations for earthquake preparedness is (0.3136, 0.3830).