SOLUTION: According to the Center for Work-Life Policy, a survey of 500 highly educated women who left careers for family reasons found 66% wanted to return to work. Construct a 95% confiden

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Question 204435: According to the Center for Work-Life Policy, a survey of 500 highly educated women who left careers for family reasons found 66% wanted to return to work. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of highly educated women who left careers for family reasons and who want to return to work.
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According to the Center for Work-Life Policy, a survey of 500 highly educated women who left careers for family reasons found 66% wanted to return to work. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of highly educated women who left careers for family reasons and who want to return to work.
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sample proportion: 0.66
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E = 1.96*sqrt[0.66*0.34/500] = 0.04152
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95% CI: 0.66-E < p < 0.66+E
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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