SOLUTION: In 1992, the FAA conducted 86,991 pre-employment drug tests on job applicants who were to be engaged in safety and security-related jobs, and found that 1143 were positive. A. Con

Question 333028: In 1992, the FAA conducted 86,991 pre-employment drug tests on job applicants who were to be engaged in safety and security-related jobs, and found that 1143 were positive.
A. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of positive drug tests.
B. Why is the normality assumption not a problem, despite the very small value of p?
Answer by jrfrunner(365) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. compute the sample point estimate Pbar = 1143/86991 = 0.0131
2. compute the standard error:
3. Identify the critical value for 95% confidence: Z=1.96
4. Compute the 95% confidence interval for
pbar -\+ Z*Standard Error = 0.0131-1.96*0.000386, 0.0131+1.96*0.000386
(0.0123, 0.0139)
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Note: This is a binomial distribution problem
X = number testing positive~Binomial (n,p)=binomial(86991,0.0131)
But since the sample size is large and n*pbar=1143 exceeds 10
this meets the criteria for using the normal approximation to the Binomial.
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This is needed since the Binomial is skewed in the extremes and these requirements limit the Binomial from the extremes, allowing the Normal approximation.
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