SOLUTION: The questions is: There are 700 students that watch TV. 45% are men. If the confidence interval is 95% what is the true proportion of men that watch tv. What is the correct f

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Question 139333: The questions is:
There are 700 students that watch TV. 45% are men. If the confidence interval is 95% what is the true proportion of men that watch tv.
What is the correct formula?

Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 700 students that watch TV. 45% are men. If the confidence interval is 95% what is the true proportion of men that watch tv.
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p-hat = 0.45
n=700
z* = 1.96
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0.45-1.96[0.45*0.55/Sqrt(700)] < p < 0.45+1.96[0.45*0.55/sqrt(700)]
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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