SOLUTION: Out of 400 people sampled, 316 had kids. Based on this, construct a 95% confidence interval for the true population proportion of people with kids. Give your answer to three decima

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Question 1156522: Out of 400 people sampled, 316 had kids. Based on this, construct a 95% confidence interval for the true population proportion of people with kids. Give your answer to three decimal places.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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p hat=316/400=0.79
95% CI half-interval is 1.96*sqrt(0.79*0.21/400)=1.96*0.,0204=0.0399 rounding at end
this would be added and subtracted from 0.790
(0.750, 0.830)