A stock market analyst notices that in a certain year, the price of IBM stock increased on 131 out of 252 trading days. Can these data be used to find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of days that IBM stock increases

95% confidence interval for the proportion of days that IBM stock increases.

(0.45814 , 0.58146)

Step-by-step explanation:

Step:1

Given that a stock market analyst notices that in a certain year, the price of IBM stock increased on 131 out of 252 trading days.

Given that the sample proportion

Level of significance = 0.05

Z₀.₀₅ = 1.96

Step:2

95% confidence interval for the proportion of days that IBM stock increases.

(0.5198 -  0.06166 , 0.5198+0.06166)

(0.45814 , 0.58146)

Final -

95% confidence interval for the proportion of days that IBM stock increases.

(0.45814 , 0.58146)