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Suppose 45% of the population has a college degree.

If a random sample of size 437 is selected, what is the probability that the proportion of persons with a college degree will differ from the population proportion by greater than 3%? Round your answer to four decimal places.


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Using the normal distribution, there is a 0.2076 = 20.76% probability that the proportion of persons with a college degree will differ from the population proportion by greater than 3%.

Normal Probability Distribution

The z-score of a measure X of a normally distributed variable with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex] is given by:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

  • The z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is above or below the mean.
  • Looking at the z-score table, the p-value associated with this z-score is found, which is the percentile of X.
  • By the Central Limit Theorem, for a proportion p in a sample of size n, the sampling distribution of sample proportion is approximately normal with mean [tex]\mu = p[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]s = \sqrt{\frac{p(1 - p)}{n}}[/tex], as long as [tex]np \geq 10[/tex] and [tex]n(1 - p) \geq 10[/tex].

The proportion estimate and the sample size are given as follows:

p = 0.45, n = 437.

Hence the mean and the standard error are:

  • [tex]\mu = p = 0.45[/tex]
  • [tex]s = \sqrt{\frac{p(1 - p)}{n}} = \sqrt{\frac{0.45(0.55)}{437}} = 0.0238[/tex]

The probability that the proportion of persons with a college degree will differ from the population proportion by greater than 3% is 2 multiplied by the p-value of Z when X = 0.45 - 0.03 = 0.42.

Hence:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

By the Central Limit Theorem:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{s}[/tex]

Z = (0.42 - 0.45)/0.0238

Z = -1.26

Z = -1.26 has a p-value of 0.1038.

2 x 0.1038 = 0.2076.

0.2076 = 20.76% probability that the proportion of persons with a college degree will differ from the population proportion by greater than 3%.

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