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.
n= 6871
x= 1428
a= 0.01
critical value = 0.005
𝑝̂= 1428 6871 = .2078300102
E = 2.575 √( .2078300102 (1−.2078300102)) /6871 = .0126046439

Using the TI 84: STAT – Tests – 1PropZInt

Lower Bound: .19522
Upper Bound: .22044

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.

Total bags of candy n = 118

Sample standard deviation s = 3.018055882
𝛼 = 0.05
Degrees of Freedom = 117
Critical Value 𝑡 𝛼/ 2 = t 0.025 = 2.015
𝑥 = 6871 /118 = 58.22881356
Ε = (2.015) 3.018055882 /(√118) = .5598366465
Lower Bound: 58.2 – 0.5598 = 57.6402
Upper Bound: 58.2 + 0.5598 = 58.7598