Population Proportion
• The probability of success in a single trial of a
binomial experiment.
• Denoted by p
Point Estimate for p
• The proportion of successes in a sample.
• Denoted by
x number of successes in sample
pˆ= n= sample size
read as “p hat”
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Point Estimate for Population p
In Words In Symbols
1. Identify the sample statistics n
and x.
2. Find the point estimate p̂.
x
pˆ =
n
3. Verify that the sampling
distribution of p̂ can be npˆ ≥ 5, nqˆ ≥ 5
approximated by a normal
distribution.
4. Find the critical value zc that Use the Standard
corresponds to the given level of Normal Table or
confidence c. technology.
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Constructing Confidence Intervals for p
In Words In Symbols
pq
ˆˆ
5. Find the margin of error E. E = Zα 2 n
• Confidence interval:
Left Endpoint: Right Endpoint:
pˆ − E pˆ + E
≈ 0.662 − 0.029 ≈ 0.662 + 0.029
= 0.633 = 0.691
0.633 < p < 0.691
p̂ − E p̂ p̂ + E
� is known,
• When 𝒑
2
Zα 2 pq
ˆˆ
n= 2
E
• Where 𝑍𝛼⁄2 is the value associated with the desired
confidence level, and E is the desired margin of error.
Round up to the next integer.
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Sample Size for Estimating the
Population Proportion
� is unknown, we use
• When 𝒑
2
Zα 2 0.25
n= 2
E
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Example: Sample Size
You are running a political campaign and wish to
estimate, with 95% confidence, the population proportion
of registered voters who will vote for your candidate.
Your estimate must be accurate within 3% of the true
population proportion. Find the minimum sample size
needed if
1. no preliminary estimate is available.
Solution:
Because you do not have a preliminary estimate
for pˆ , use pˆ = 0.5 and qˆ = 0.5.
[1.96]
2
Zα 2 pq
ˆˆ 2
(0.5)(0.5)
n = 2 2
≈ 1067.11
E (0.03)
Solution:
Use the preliminary estimate pˆ = 0.31
qˆ =1 − pˆ =1 − 0.31 =
0.69
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Solution: Sample Size
[1.96]
2
Zα 2 pq
ˆˆ 2
(0.31)(0.69)
n = ≈ 913.02
E2 (0.03) 2
Point Estimate
• A single value estimate for a population parameter
• Most unbiased point estimate of the population mean
μ is the sample mean x
Interval estimate
• An interval, or range of values, used to estimate a
population parameter.
Left endpoint Point estimate Right endpoint
115.1 x = 130.8 146.5
( )
115 120 125 130 135 140 145 150
Interval estimate
z
–zα/2−=zc – z=0 Zzα/2
c =
1.645 1.645
The corresponding z-scores are ±1.645.
Margin of error
• The greatest possible distance between the point
estimate and the value of the parameter it is
estimating for a given level of confidence, c.
• Denoted by E.
E = zα /2
σ When n ≥ 30, the sample
n standard deviation, s, can
be used for σ.
0.025 0.025
z
–zα/2 =−–1.96
zc z=0 zα/2zc = 1.96
95% of the area under the standard normal curve falls
within 1.96 standard deviations of the mean. (You
can approximate the distribution of the sample means
with a normal curve by the Central Limit Theorem,
because n = 40 ≥ 30.)
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Solution: Finding the Margin of Error
You are 95% confident that the margin of error for the
population mean is about 16.4 friends.
2. Specify σ, if known.
Otherwise, if n ≥ 30, find the s=
Σ(x − x ) 2
sample standard deviation s and n −1
use it as an estimate for σ.
α = 0.90
z
−zc
–zc = –1.645 z=0 zc =zc1.645
zc = 1.645
Point estimate
22.3 22.9 23.5
( • )
x−E x x+E
With 90% confidence, you can say that the mean age
of all the students is between 22.3 and 23.5 years.
n=
E
• If σ is unknown, you can estimate it using s, provided
you have a preliminary sample with at least 30
members.
0.025 0.025
z
–zc = −–1.96
zc z=0 zczc= 1.96
zc = 1.96
n= ≈ ≈ 220.23
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tc = 2.145
c = 0.95
t
–tc = –2.145 tc = 2.145
In Words In Symbols
1. Identify the sample Σx ∑(x − x ) 2
x= s=
statistics n, x , and s. n n −1
In Words In Symbols
4. Find the left and right Left endpoint: x − E
endpoints and form the Right endpoint: x + E
confidence interval. Interval:
x−E<µ < x+E
Solution:
Use the t-distribution (n < 30, σ is unknown,
temperatures are approximately normally distributed).
tc = 2.131
Point estimate
156.7 162.0 167.3
( • )
x−E x x+E
Chi-square Distributions
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Critical Values for χ2
• There are two critical values for each level of
confidence.
• The value χ2R represents the right-tail critical value
• The value χ2L represents the left-tail critical value.
Solution:
• d.f. = n – 1 = 18 – 1 = 17 d.f.
• Each area in the table represents the region under the
chi-square curve to the right of the critical value.
1 − c 1 − 0.95
• Area to the right of χ2 R= 2
=
2
= 0.025
1 + c 1 + 0.95
• Area to the right of χ2 L= 2
=
2
= 0.975
χ L2 = 7.564 χ R2 = 30.191
95% of the area under the curve lies between 7.564 and
30.191.
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Confidence Intervals for σ2 and σ
Solution:
• d.f. = n – 1 = 30 – 1 = 29 d.f.
1 − c 1 − 0.99
• Area to the right of χ2R= 2
=
2
= 0.005
1 + c 1 + 0.99
• Area to the right of χ2L= 2
=
2
= 0.995
(n − 1)s 2
(30 − 1)(1.20) 2
Right endpoint: = ≈ 3.18
χL2 13.121
(n − 1)s 2 (n − 1)s 2
<σ <
χR
2
χL
2