PART 4: Confidence Intervals

TO TURN IN
Using the work you’ve completed, answer the two questions/prompts below in a single
document called “Skittles_Project_Part_4”. Save as a .pdf file and upload that document to
Canvas (Skittles Project Part 4 confidence intervals assignment).

1. Proportion Yellow Candies: Construct a 99% confidence interval estimate for the
population proportion of yellow candies. Use technology to find the interval, and then also
verify your result using the formulas. Show your computations, using an equation editor to
format your work. Use a complete sentence to interpret this interval, in context.

Level of confidence 99%

z-value- 2.58

( 𝑃̂) Sample Population- 0.2065 (yellow/skittles population)

𝑃̂ (1−𝑃̂ )
p±𝑧 √ 𝑛

0.2065(1−0.2065)
0.2065 ±𝑧 √ 5792

Equals =0.2202, 0.1928

We are 99% confident that the yellow candies will between the proportions of 0.2202 and
0.1928.

2. Mean Number of Candies: Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the
population mean number of candies per bag. Use technology to find the interval, and then
also verify your result using the formulas. Show your computations, using an equation
editor to format your work. Use a complete sentence to interpret this interval, in context.