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n a 2008​ survey, people were asked their opinions on astrology​- whether it was very​ scientific, somewhat​ scientific, or not atall scientific. Of 1438 who​ responded, 76 said astrology was veryscientific. a. Find the proportion of people in the survey whobelieve astrology is very scientific. b. Find a​ 95% confidenceinterval for the population proportion with this belief. c. Supposea TV news anchor said that​ 5% of people in the general populationthink astrology is very scientific. Would you say that is​plausible? Explain your answer. a. The proportion of people in thesurvey who believe astrology is very scientific is . 0529. ​(Roundto four decimal places as​ needed.) b. Construct the​ 95%confidence interval for the population proportion with the beliefthat astrology is very scientific. left parenthesis nothing commanothing right parenthesis ​(Round to three decimal places as​needed.) Enter your answer in the edit fields and then click CheckAnswer.

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                                                                                           x                    =   76
sample size n                    = 1438.0
sample proportion     p̂ x/n= 0.0529
std error       =Se            =√(p*(1-p)/n) = 0.0059
for 95 % CI value of z= 1.96
margin of error E=z*std error                            = 0.0116
lower confidence bound=sample proportion-margin of error 0.0413
Upper confidence bound=sample proportion+margin of error 0.0645

a)

   proportion of people in the survey who believe astrology is very scientific =0.0529

b)

95% confidence interval for the population proportion =0.041 , 0.064

c)

Yes as 5% falls within confidence interval


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