Hospitals must keep enough antibiotics on hand to treat infectious diseases. Researchers want to determine whether the infectious disease rate is higher in some months than in others. To find out, researchers took a sample of 192 hospital patients in January and found 32 were being treated for an infectious disease. In an independent sample of 403 patients admitted in May, 34 were treated for an infectious disease. Find a 90% confidence interval for the difference in the infectious disease admission rates in January and in May. a. (.035, .153) b. (.033, .133) c. (.066, .179) d. (.013, .198)

Hospitals must keep enough antibiotics on hand to treat infectious diseases. Researchers want to determine whether the infectious disease rate is higher in some months than in others. To find out, researchers took a sample of 192 hospital patients in January and found 32 were being treated for an infectious disease. In an independent sample of 403 patients admitted in May, 34 were treated for an infectious disease. Find a 90% confidence interval for the difference in the infectious disease admission rates in January and in May. a. (.035, .153) b. (.033, .133) c. (.066, .179) d. (.013, .198)

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter4: Equations Of Linear Functions

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 8SGR

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

A research group studying cell phone habits asked the question “Do you ever use your cell phone to make a payment at a convenience store?” to people selected from two random samples of cell phone users. One sample consisted of older adults, ages 35 years and older, and the other sample consisted of younger adults, ages 18 years to 34 years. The proportion of people who answered yes in each sample was used to create a 95 percent confidence interval of (0.097,0.125)(0.097,0.125) to estimate the difference (younger minus older) between the population proportions of people who would answer yes to the question. Which of the following is the best description of what is meant by 95 percent confidence? In repeated random sampling with the same sample size, approximately 95% of the sample proportions from the younger group will be between 0.097 and 0.125 greater than the sample proportion from the older group. A In repeated random sampling with the same sample size,…
In an article in the Journal of Advertising, Weinberger and Spotts compare the use of humor in television ads in the United States and the United Kingdom. They found that a substantially greater percentage of U.K. ads use humor.a. Suppose that a random sample of 400 television ads in the United Kingdom reveals that 142 of these ads use humor. Find a point estimate of and a 95 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all U.K. television ads that use humor.b. Suppose a random sample of 500 television ads in the United States reveals that 122 of these ads use humor. Find a point estimate of and a 95 percent confidence interval for the proportion of all U.S. television ads that use humor.c. Do the confidence intervals you computed in parts a and b suggest that a greater percentage of U.K. ads use humor? Explain.
A farmer wants to test the effectiveness of a pest control method in allowing strawberry blooms to yield marketable strawberries. Of a random sample of 100 blooms,77 yield marketable strawberries. Is this evidence that two thirds or more of all blooms grown with this pest control method end up as marketable strawberries? The 95%large-sample confidence interval for the proportion of blooms that yield marketable strawberries is: A. 0.77± 0.042 B. 0.77±0.082 C. 0.77±0.0034 D. 0.77±0.0017G5
A researcher computed a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of students who smoke. If the researcher had instead used a 95% confidence interval, then the computed margin of error would have been smaller. True False
A U.S. Food Survey showed that Americans routinely eat beef in their diet. Suppose that in a study of 49 consumers in Illinois and 64 consumers in Texas the following results were obtained from two samples regarding average yearly beef consumption: Illinois Texas = 49 = 64 = 54.1lb = 60.4lb S1 = 7.0 S2 = 8.0 Develop a 95% confidence Interval Estimate for the difference between the two population means.
The drug Viagra became available in the U.S. in May 1988, in the wake of an advertising campaign that was unprecedented in scope and intensity. A Gallup poll found that by the end of the first week of May, 643 out of 1,005 adults were aware that Viagra was an impotency medication. a) Is the sample size large enough to compute a confidence interval for the proportion of adults who were aware that Viagra was an impotency medication after the first week of May? Yes, because more than 10 adults were not aware of Viagra Yes, because the sample size is greater than 30 Yes, because more than 10 adults were aware of Viagra Yes, because both np̂ and n(1-p̂) are greater than 10 b)Using the information from questions 1-3, suppose that p̂ is 0.40 and the standard error of p̂ is 0.10. Compute a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of adults that were aware of Viagra. (0.2355, 0.5645) (0.3, 0.5) (0.2355, 0.4) (0.3, 0.4)
A researcher surveys 50 individuals in Smithville and 40 in Amherst, finding that 30% of smithville residents moved last year, while only 22% of Amherst residents did. Is there enough evidence to conclude that mobility rates in the two communities differ? Use a two-tailored alternative, and a=0.10. Again, find the p-value and a 90% confidence interval for the difference in proportions
A recent survey of cell phone users indicated that 56 percent of the respondents prefer to use cell phones for texting rather than for making phone calls. A 95 percent confidence interval for the estimate of all cell phone users who prefer to use cell phones for texting has a margin of error of 3 percent. Assume all conditions for inference have been met. Based on the confidence interval, which of the following claims is supported? Select A, B, C, or D Less than half of all people prefer texting. A More than half of all people prefer texting. B At least 60 percent of all people prefer texting. C At least 75 percent of all people prefer texting. D At least 95 percent of all people prefer texting. E
A Gallup poll of 1001 Americans age 18 and over conducted in May of 2013 found that 80% of the respondents "strongly agree" that K-12 schools should teach critical thinking to children with a margin of error of ±3.2%. The confidence interval for this statistic is from to .
In a recent questionnaire about homeownership, a random sample of 545 homeowners were asked about fixed and adjustable-rate mortgages, and 268 reported that they have an adjustable-rate mortgage. What value of z should be used to calculate a confidence interval with a 95% confidence level? z0.10 z0.05 z0.025 z0.01 z0.005 1.282 1.645 1.960 2.326 2.576