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Chapter 19 Reading Guide

Chapter 19 discusses confidence intervals for proportions, covering key concepts such as standard error, margin of error, and confidence levels. It explains the sampling distribution model, how to calculate margin of error, and the implications of increasing sample size on confidence intervals. The chapter also outlines critical values for different confidence levels and the assumptions necessary for creating accurate confidence intervals.

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Chapter 19 Reading Guide

Chapter 19 discusses confidence intervals for proportions, covering key concepts such as standard error, margin of error, and confidence levels. It explains the sampling distribution model, how to calculate margin of error, and the implications of increasing sample size on confidence intervals. The chapter also outlines critical values for different confidence levels and the assumptions necessary for creating accurate confidence intervals.

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Stats: Modeling the World - Bock, Velleman, & DeVeaux

Chapter 19: Confidence Intervals for


Proportions

Key Vocabulary:
ƒ standard error ƒ margin of error
ƒ confidence level ƒ critical value
ƒ confidence interval ƒ one-proportion z-interval

Calculator Skills: ƒ 1-PropZInt

1. Describe the sampling distribution model of p̂ . What assumptions must you make for this
description to be reasonable?

2. What is the standard error of p̂ ? When would you use standard error in place of standard
deviation?

3. Explain the meaning of the following statement: “We are 95% confident that between 42.1%
and 61.7% of sea fans are infected.”

4. What is meant by a confidence interval?

5. What is the general form of a confidence interval for a one-proportion z-interval?

Chapter 19: Confidence Intervals for Proportions


Stats: Modeling the World - Bock, Velleman, & DeVeaux

6. Explain how to calculate margin of error.

7. As the confidence level increases, what happens to the margin of error? What happens to the
confidence interval?

8. By how many times must the sample size n increase in order to cut the margin of error in
half?

9. Why is it best to have high confidence and a small margin of error?

10. What is the critical value z* for a 90% confidence interval? Draw a sketch.

11. What is the critical value z* for a 95% confidence interval? Draw a sketch.

12. What is the critical value z* for a 99% confidence interval? Draw a sketch.

Chapter 19: Confidence Intervals for Proportions


Stats: Modeling the World - Bock, Velleman, & DeVeaux

13. What assumptions and conditions must you consider before creating a
confidence interval for a proportion?

14. What effect does increasing your sample size have on the margin of error? What effect does
it have on the confidence level? What effect does it have on the confidence interval?

15. The formula used to determine the sample size n that will yield a confidence interval for a
ˆˆ
pq
population proportion with a specified margin of error m is m z * . Solve for n.
n

Chapter 19: Confidence Intervals for Proportions

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