document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255008>Question 255008</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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 1,143 were positive. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the population proportion of positive drug tests. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) Why is the normality assumption not a problem, despite the very small value of p?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the population proportion of positive drug tests.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sample proportion = 1143/86,991 = 0.0131<BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard error = 1.96*sqrt(0.0131*0.9869/86991) = 0.00076..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "95% CI: 0.0131-0.00076 < p < 0.0131+0.00076<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Why is the normality assumption not a problem, despite the very small value of p? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sample size is high.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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