The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 24 - Inference about Variables: Part IV Review - Supplementary Exercises - Page 572: 24.49b

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$\hat{p}=\frac{x}{n}=\frac{82}{84}\approx0.9762$ The z-value belonging to the $95\%$ confidence interval according to the table is $z=1.96$, thus the confidence interval is: $\hat{p}\pm z\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}$, which here is: $0.9762\pm 1.96\sqrt{\frac{0.9762\cdot(1-0.9762)}{84}}$, thus the confidence interval is $(0.9436,1]$
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