SOLUTION: A recent survey showed that among 775 randomly selected subjects who completed 4 years of college, 162 smoke and 613 do not smoke. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the true

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Question 1197598: A recent survey showed that among 775 randomly selected subjects who completed 4 years of college, 162 smoke and 613 do not smoke. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of the given population that smokes.
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Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Hi 
  p(smoke) = 162/775 = .209
95% CI   ⇒   z = 1.96   |  2-sided  Invnorm( .95 + .05/2) = Invnorm(.975)
ME = 
ME = 
.209 - ME <  < .209 + ME
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