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Your product line uses two types of powdered silica, A and B, which should be in

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Question

Your product line uses two types of powdered silica, A and B, which should be in equal amounts.The data provides the proportion of A for a random sample within one production run. What is a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of A?

0.527394 0.517302 0.530938 0.517745 0.500103 0.526921 0.519136 0.501692 0.517896 0.524392 0.511073 0.523525 0.526226 0.514605 0.531403 0.516346 0.524226 0.538843 0.517903 0.523973 0.513779 0.513233 0.512388 0.522274 0.521091 0.523494 0.5121 0.510535 0.513636 0.525608

Explanation / Answer

X

0.527

0.517

0.531

0.518

0.5

0.527

0.519

0.502

0.518

0.524

0.511

0.524

0.526

0.515

0.531

0.516

0.524

0.539

0.518

0.524

0.514

0.513

0.512

0.522

0.521

0.523

0.512

0.511

0.514

0.526

Mean(X)

0.519

standard deviation(S)

0.008

standard error =S/(n)1/2

0.002

for 29 degree of freedom and 95% CI value of t= 2.0452

Confidence interval =sample mean -/+ t*standard error =0.5162 ; 0.5225

X

0.527

0.517

0.531

0.518

0.5

0.527

0.519

0.502

0.518

0.524

0.511

0.524

0.526

0.515

0.531

0.516

0.524

0.539

0.518

0.524

0.514

0.513

0.512

0.522

0.521

0.523

0.512

0.511

0.514

0.526

Mean(X)

0.519

standard deviation(S)

0.008

standard error =S/(n)1/2

0.002

for 29 degree of freedom and 95% CI value of t= 2.0452

Confidence interval =sample mean -/+ t*standard error =0.5162 ; 0.5225