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Lecturer: Sau Lay

8.18
a) Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate for the population mean amount spent for lunch
The answer: 6.31 ≤ µ ≥ 7.87

Case Processing Summary

Cases

Valid Missing Total

N Percent N Percent N Percent

Cost 15 100.0% 0 0.0% 15 100.0%

Descriptives
Statistic Std. Error
Cost Mean 7.0933 .36304

95% Confidence Interval for Mean Lower Bound 6.3147

Upper Bound 7.8720

5% Trimmed Mean 7.0765

Median 6.8000

Variance 1.977

Std. Deviation 1.40603

Minimum 4.89

Maximum 9.60

Range 4.71

Interquartile Range 2.40

Skewness .440 .580

Kurtosis -.578 1.121

b) There is a 95% chance that people will spend between $6.31 and $7.87 on lunch at a fast-food restaurant.
c) That the population's distribution follows a normal curve.
d) With a sample size of 15, the normality assumption is not significantly violated, and the validity of the
confidence interval is unaffected.
8.32
A Pew Research Center survey of 4,787 adults found that 4,178 had bought something online. Of
these online shoppers, 789 are weekly online shoppers.
a) Construct a 95 % confidence interval estimate of the population proportion of adults who had bought
something online.
𝑃(1−𝑃)
𝑃 ± 𝑍 ∝/2√ 𝑛
𝑋 4178
We have 𝑃 = 𝑛 = 4787 = 0.87 , 𝑍 ∝/2 = 95% = 1.96

0.87(1−0.87)
0.87 ± 1.96√ 4787

0.87 ± 1.96(0.0048)
0.87 ± 0.0095
0.86 ≤ 𝜋 ≥ 0.88

b) Construct a 95 % confidence interval estimate of the population proportion of online shoppers who
are weekly online shoppers.

𝑃(1 − 𝑃)
𝑃 ± 𝑍 ∝/2√
𝑛
𝑋 789
We have 𝑃 = 𝑛 = 4178 = 0.18 , 𝑍 ∝/2 = 95% = 1.96

0.188(1−0.188)
0.188 ± 1.96√ 4178

0.188 ± 1.96(0.006)
0.188 ± 0.011
0.17 ≤ 𝜋 ≥ 0.20

c) About 17% to 20% of adults are weekly online shoppers, and 86% to 88% of consumers have made an
online purchase, Director should focus on adult who are weekly online shopper.