document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135350>Question 135350</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<BR>\n" );
document.write( "engaged in safety and security-related jobs, and found that 1,143 were positive. (a) Construct a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "95 percent confidence interval for the population proportion of positive drug tests. (b) Why is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "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" );
document.write( "p-hat = 1143/86991 = 0.013139...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E = 1.96*sqrt[(0.013139)*(0.98686)/86991] = 0.002393<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CI is (0.013139-0.002393,0.013139+0.00239)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) Why is the normality assumption not a problem, despite the very small value of p? The random sample was very large.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "StanH. </SPAN>\n" );
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