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29 December, 03:59

A Gallup Poll found that 51% of the people in its sample said "yes" when asked, "Would you like to lose weight?" Gallup announced: "With 95% confidence for results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say that the margin of sampling error is ± 3%."

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  1. 29 December, 04:15
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    (a) 95% confidence interval for the percent of all adults who want to lose weight is (48%, 54%) that is between 48% and 54%

    (b) to say that we have 95% confidence in this interval means that there is 95% chance that the true percentage of all adults who wants to lose weight falls in this interval.

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    A Gallup Poll found that 51% of the people in its sample said "yes" when asked, "Would you like to lose weight?" Gallup announced: "With 95% confidence for results based on the total sample of national adults, one can say that the margin of sampling error is ± 3%."

    (a) What is the 95% confidence interval for the percent of all adults who want to lose weight?

    (b) What does it mean to say that we have 95% confidence in this interval?

    Confidence Interval can be calculated using p±ME where

    p is the sample proportion of national adults who want to lose weight (51%) ME is the margin of sampling error (± 3%)
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