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Chapter 12 Solutions
Chapter 12 Solutions
Chapter 12 Solutions
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p
is a guessed value for the sample proportion
and z* is the standard normal critical
point for the level of confidence you want. If you use p* = 0.5 in this formula, the
margin of error of the interval will be less than or equal to m no matter what the value
of p is.
12.2 Comparing Two Proportions (pp. 702-719)
1.
1. Give the mean and standard deviation for the sampling model of p1 p2 .
p1 p 2 p1 p2
The mean of p1 p2 is p1 p 2
The standard deviation is
2.
3.
4.
p1 p 2 p21 p2 2
p1 (1 p1 ) p2 (1 p2 )
n1
n2
2. How do you calculate the standard error of p1 p2 ?
p (1 p1 ) p 2 (1 p 2 )
SE 1
n1
n2
3. What assumptions must be met in order to use z procedures for inference about
two proportions?
You need a SRS of size n1 from a population having proportion p1 of successes and an
independent SRS of size n2 from a population having proportion p2 of successes.
The population must be at least 10 times as large as the sample and
n1 p1 ,n1 (1 p1 ),n2 p 2 ,and n2 (1 p 2 )areall
4. Describe how to construct a level C confidence interval for the difference
between two proportions, p1 p2 . An approximate level C confidence interval for
p1 p2 is
SE
( p1 p 2 ) z * SE where
standard normal critical value.
5.
p1 (1 p1 ) p 2 (1 p 2 )
n1
n2
1C
and z* is the upper 2
The zstatisticisz
p1 p 2
1 1
n1 n2
p (1 p )
Conditions: SRS
n 10% of population
independently chosen samples
n1 p 5and n1q5and n2 p 5and n2 q5