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Length of Confidence Interval: John Daniel G. Ibon Siloe T. Tolentino Steven Ivanrey A. Medrano Kirk Jan Harvey F. Leynes

Here are the answers to the activity questions: 1. LCI = UCL - LCL 2. LCI = 2 3. 1.96 4. LCL = Lower Confidence Limit 5. LCI = Length of Confidence Interval 6. 384 7. 400 8. 1.645 9. 334 10. 382

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Length of Confidence Interval: John Daniel G. Ibon Siloe T. Tolentino Steven Ivanrey A. Medrano Kirk Jan Harvey F. Leynes

Here are the answers to the activity questions: 1. LCI = UCL - LCL 2. LCI = 2 3. 1.96 4. LCL = Lower Confidence Limit 5. LCI = Length of Confidence Interval 6. 384 7. 400 8. 1.645 9. 334 10. 382

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Length of

Confidence
Interval
John Daniel G. Ibon
Siloe T. Tolentino
Steven Ivanrey A. Medrano
Kirk Jan Harvey F. Leynes
• The length of confidence interval is the absolute difference
between the upper confidence limit and lower confidence
limit that is,
LCI = |UCL - LCL| = |LCL - UCL|
or
LCI = UCL – LCL
Where: LCI = Length of confidence interval
UCL = Upper confidence limit
LCL = Lower confidence limit
Example 1: The length of the following confidence intervals
a. 0.357 < p > 0.603
b. 0.629 < p > 0.655
Solution:
a. LCI = UCL – LCL
= 0.603 – 0.357
= 0.246
b. LCI = UCL – LCL
= 0.655 – 0.629
= 0.026
•The
  formula for a confidence interval for population proportion
p is

LCI =
=
LCI = 2
The last equation above can be used to find the length of a confidence
interval for population. Proportion.
•Example
  2: Find the length of the confidence internal given the
following data:
= 0.25, = 400, confidence level: 95%
Solution:
Find in ( 1 - ) 100% confidence level then find .
( 1 - ) 100% = 95%
1 - = 0.95
= 0.05
= = 0.025
0.500 – 0.025 = 0.475
Hence using the Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve Table,
= 1.96
•2.  LCI = 2
= 2 (1.96)
= 0.0848 or 0.085
The formula for interval estimate of population mean with
knows variance is:
- < < +
To find the length of the confidence interval, subtract the
lower confidence interval limit from the upper confidence limit.
LCI = -
= -
=
The last equation above can also be use to find the length of the
confidence interval.
•Example
  3: Find the length of the confidence interval given the
following data:
= 0.4, = 49, confidence level: 95%
Solution
1. Find in ( 1 - ) 100% confidence level then find
( 1- ) 100% = 95%
1 - = 0.95
= 0.05
= = 0.025
0.500 – 0.025 = 0.475
Hence using the Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve Table
= 1.96
•2.  LCI = 2
= 2 (1.96)
= 0.224
The formula for confidence interval of population mean , if > 30
is:
- < < +
To find the length of the confidence interval, subtract the lower
confidence limit from the upper confidence limit:
LCI = -
= -
LCI =
The equation above can be used to find the length of the confidence
interval.
•  
Example 4: Find the length of the confidence interval, given the following data:
s = 6.17, = 12, confidence interval: 99%
Solution
1. Find the degree of freedom f.
f= –1
= 12 – 1
= 11
2. Find in ( 1 - )100% confidence level then find
( 1 - )100% = 0.99
1 - = 0.01
= = 0.005
Hence, = 3.106
3. LCI =
= 2 (3.106)
= (6.212)
= 11.064 or 11.06
• Determining
  then Sample Size for Estimating p
The following are the formulas:
A. When an estimate is known:

=
where: = desired sample size
= sample proportion
= value
E = margin of error
B. When an estimate is unknown
= =
where: = desired sample size
= sample proportion
= value
E = margin of error
0.025 is constant.
If the computed sample size is not a whole number, it should be rounded up to the
next whole number
•  
Example 5: In a previous study done by a student, it was found out that 28.5% of
the students used Twitter. This year, your Statistics teacher wants you to conduct
a study on the current percentage of Twitter users among the students in your
school. How many students must you include your study to be 95% confident so
that the margin of error is no more than 3.5 percentage?
Solution
a. p = 28.5%
= 0.285%
b. E = 3.5%
= 0.035
(1 - )100% = 95%
1 - = 0.95
= 0.05
= = 0.025
0.500 – 0.025 = 0.475
Hence = 1.96.
•c.   =
=
= 639.04 640 ( round off to the next integer )

The number of students that included in his sample should


be 640.

Example 6: Find the sample size required to estimate a


population proportion given the following data
Confidence level = 90%
p = 0.48
E = 0.042
•Solution:
 
1. Find in (1- )100% confidence level then find .
(1-)100% = 90%
1- = 0.90
= 0.10
= = 0.05
0.500 – 0.05 = 0.45
Using the Areas Under Standard Normal Curve Table
= 1.645
2. =
=
=
= 382.8933 or 383
•Example
  7: Find the sample size required to estimate a
population proportion given the following data.
a. Margin of error = 0.045 b. Margin of error = 0.056
Confidence level = 90% Confidence level = 95%
is unknown is unknown
b. 1. Find the (1- )100% confidence level then find .
(1- )100% = 90%
1 - = 0.90
= 0.10
= = 0.05
0.500 – 0.05 = 0.45
Using the Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve Table,
1.645
•2.  =
=
= 334.08 or 335 (rounded up to the next whole number)
b. 1. Find in (1-)100% confidence level then find .
(1- )100% = 95%
1 - = 0.95
= 0.05
= = 0.025
0.500 – 0.025 = 0.475
Using the Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve Table,
1.96
2. =
=
= 306.25 or 307 (rounded up to the next whole number)
ACTIVITY!
1-2. What is the formula for a
length of confidence interval for
population proportion p?

3. What is the z value for 95%?


4. What is LCL?
5. What is LCI?
ACTIVITY!
•  
6-10. Find the sample size required to estimate a
population proportion given the following data.
a. Margin of error = 0.05 b. Margin of error = 0.046
Confidence level = 95% Confidence level = 90%
is unknown is unknown

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