A survey of 2306 adult Americans aged 18 and older conducted by Harris Interactive found that 417 have donated blood in the past two years.
(a) Obtain a point estimate for the population proportion of adult Americans aged 18 and older who have donated blood in the past two years.
(b) Verify that the requirements for constructing a confidence interval about p are satisfied.
(c) Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population proportion of adult Americans who have donated blood in the past two years.
(d) Interpret the interval.

a) p = 0.1808

b) Since 341.54 ≥ 10. Therefore the requirements for constructing a confidence interval  for p is satisfied.

c) The interval is (0.1676, 0.194)

d) We are 90% confident that the population proportion of adult Americans who have donated blood in the past two years is between 0.1676 and 0.194

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

n = 2306 and x =417

a)  Obtain a point estimate for the population proportion (p) is the ratio of sample successes to sample size.

Therefore: p = x / n = 417 / 2306 = 0.1808

p = 0.1808

b) requirements for constructing a confidence interval  for p is given by:

np(1-p) ≥ 10

Therefore: np(1-p) = 2306(0.1808)(1 - 0.1808) = 341.54 ≥ 10

Since 341.54 ≥ 10. Therefore the requirements for constructing a confidence interval  for p is satisfied.

c) c = 90% = 0.9

α = 1 - 0.9 = 0.1

α / 2 = 0.1 /2 = 0.05

From the probability table,

Margin of error (e) =

The boundaries are (p - e, p + e) = (0.1808 - 0.0132, 0.1808 + 0.0132) = (0.1676, 0.194)

The interval is (0.1676, 0.194)

d) We are 90% confident that the population proportion of adult Americans who have donated blood in the past two years is between 0.1676 and 0.194

7. d. 64

8. i. 32

9. c. 125

10. j. none of the above

11. d. 81

12. i. 216

13. e. none of the above

14. g. 240

15. e. none of the above

16. g. 32

17.   e. none of the above

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