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Answer:
The 95% confidence interval would be given (-0.377;0.0366).
We are confident at 95% that the difference between the two proportions is between [tex]-0.377 \leq p_B -p_A \leq 0.0366[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
The data given is:
A B
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[26,30) 7 3
[30,34) 12 9
[34,38) 15 19
[38,42) 7 10
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Total 41 41
A confidence interval is "a range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval".
The margin of error is the range of values below and above the sample statistic in a confidence interval.
Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".
[tex]p_A[/tex] represent the real population proportion for brand A
[tex]\hat p_A =\frac{15+7}{41}=0.537[/tex] represent the estimated proportion for Brand A
[tex]n_A=41[/tex] is the sample size required for Brand A
[tex]p_B[/tex] represent the real population proportion for brand b
[tex]\hat p_B =\frac{19+10}{41}=0.707[/tex] represent the estimated proportion for Brand B
[tex]n_B=41[/tex] is the sample size required for Brand B
[tex]z[/tex] represent the critical value for the margin of error
The population proportion have the following distribution
[tex]p \sim N(p,\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}})[/tex]
The confidence interval for the difference of two proportions would be given by this formula
[tex](\hat p_A -\hat p_B) \pm z_{\alpha/2} \sqrt{\frac{\hat p_A(1-\hat p_A)}{n_A} +\frac{\hat p_B (1-\hat p_B)}{n_B}}[/tex]
For the 95% confidence interval the value of [tex]\alpha=1-0.95=0.05[/tex] and [tex]\alpha/2=0.025[/tex], with that value we can find the quantile required for the interval in the normal standard distribution.
[tex]z_{\alpha/2}=1.96[/tex]
And replacing into the confidence interval formula we got:
[tex](0.537-0.707) - 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{0.537(1-0.537)}{41} +\frac{0.707(1-0.707)}{41}}=-0.377[/tex]
[tex](0.537-0.707) + 1.96 \sqrt{\frac{0.537(1-0.537)}{41} +\frac{0.707(1-0.707)}{41}}=0.0366[/tex]
And the 95% confidence interval would be given (-0.377;0.0366).
We are confident at 95% that the difference between the two proportions is between [tex]-0.377 \leq p_B -p_A \leq 0.0366[/tex]
