A clinical trial test a method designed to increase the probability of conceiving a girl. in the study 510 babies were born in 255 of them were girls. use the sample data to construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of the percentage of girls born. based on the result does the method appear to be affected?

Respuesta :

The confidence interval for a population proportion is given as:

[tex]p=p^{\prime}\pm\mleft[Z_{(\frac{a}{2})}\frac{\mleft(\mright?_{}p^{\prime}\mleft(1-p^{\prime}\mright)}{n}\mright][/tex]

where:

p' = sample proportions = 0.5

n = sample size = 510

z = z score = 2.576

Hence, we have:

[tex]\begin{gathered} p=0.5\pm\lbrack2.576\times\frac{0.5\times0.5}{510}\rbrack \\ p=0.50126\text{ or 0.49}874 \\ p=50.126\text{ \% or 49.874\%} \end{gathered}[/tex]