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The poll found that 38% of a random sample of 1012 American adults said they believe in ghosts. What is the lower bound for a 90% confidence interval for the percentage of all American adults who believe in ghosts?

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Answer:

The lower bound for a 90% confidence interval for the percentage of all American adults who believe in ghosts is 0.3549

Explanation:

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of
\pi, and a confidence level of
1-\alpha, we have the following confidence interval of proportions.


\pi \pm z\sqrt{(\pi(1-\pi))/(n)}

In which

z is the zscore that has a pvalue of
1 - (\alpha)/(2).

For this problem, we have that:


n = 1012, \pi = 0.38

90% confidence level

So
\alpha = 0.1, z is the value of Z that has a pvalue of
1 - (0.1)/(2) = 0.95, so
Z = 1.645.

The lower limit of this interval is:


\pi - z\sqrt{(\pi(1-\pi))/(n)} = 0.38 - 1.645\sqrt{(0.38*0.62)/(1012)} = 0.3549

The lower bound for a 90% confidence interval for the percentage of all American adults who believe in ghosts is 0.3549

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