Marine scientists categorize signature whistles of bottlenose dolphins by typelong dash—type a, type b, type c, etc. In one study of a sample of 185 whistles emitted from bottlenose dolphins in captivity, 100100 were categorized as type a whistles. a. Estimate the true proportion of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles that are type a whistles. Use a 9595% confidence interval.

The 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles that are type a whistles is (0.4687, 0.6123).

Step-by-step explanation:

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of , and a confidence level of , we have the following confidence interval of proportions.

In which

z is the zscore that has a pvalue of .

For this problem, we have that:

95% confidence level

So , z is the value of Z that has a pvalue of , so .

The lower limit of this interval is:

The upper limit of this interval is:

The 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles that are type a whistles is (0.4687, 0.6123).