STAT 203  Solutions HWA8

 

 

11.20a:  Here n = 60, k = 44

Conservative 95% C.I.:  pi = p +/- (1.96)SE = 44/60 +/- (1.96)(1/2sqrt[60]) = .7333 +/- .1265

or  .6068 <= pi <= .8599

 

11.20b:  Bootstrapping 95% C.I.:  pi = p +/- (1.96)SE = 44/60 +/- (1.96)(sqrt[(44/60)(16/60)/60]) = .7333 +/- .1119

or  .6214 <= pi <= .8452

 

11.22a: 

Conservative 95% C.I.:  pi = p +/- (1.96)SE = p +/- (1.96)(1/2sqrt[n])

To make the width of this interval no more than .10, we solve

 

(1.96)(1/2sqrt[n])  < .05

(1.96)(1/2)(1/.05) < sqrt[n],  or 19.6 < sqrt[n] or n > 384.16, which means that the minimum sample size is 385. 

 

11.22b:  If pi <= .25, we can use the bootstrapping CI to solve

(1.96)(sqrt[(.25)(.75)]/sqrt[n])  < .05

(1.96)(sqrt[(.25)(.75)]/(.05) < sqrt[n]

16.9741 < sqrt[n]

288.12 < n, which means that the minimum sample size is 289.

 

11.32:  Here p = 40/144 = .278.   Using Table 5, we get the 95% CI of       .21 <  pi < .37 (approximately.  It depends on the thinness of the lines you draw).