Question

In a survey of 100 adults, 91 of them said that they trusted DNA testing. a. What is pˆ , the sample proportion of adults who trust DNA testing? b. Find and interpret the 98% confidence interval for the proportion of adults that trust DNA testing

Answer 1

a) The sample proportion of adults who trust DNA testing is p=0.91.

b) 98% CI:
`0.84\leq \pi \leq0.98`

We can claim with 98% confidence that the real proportion of adults that trust DNA is between 0.84 and 0.98.

Explanation:

a) In this problem, we calculate p-hat, the sample proportion of adults who trust DNA testing, as

`\hat{p}=(x)/(N) =(91)/(100)=0.91`

b) The z-value for a 98% CI is z=2.326.

The standard deviation of the proportion is:

`\sigma=\sqrt{(p(1-p))/(n) }=\sqrt{(0.91(1-0.91))/(100) } = 0.029`

Then we can define the CI as:

`\hat p-z*\sigma\leq \pi \leq \hat p+z*\sigma\\\\0.91-2.326*0.0.29\leq \pi \leq 0.91+2.326*0.0.29\\\\0.91-0.07\leq \pi \leq0.91+0.07\\\\0.84\leq \pi \leq0.98`

We can claim with 98% confidence that the real proportion of adults that trust DNA testing is between 0.84 and 0.98.