YThe Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 1007 adults and found that 85% of them know what Twitter is. Find a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of all adults who know what Twitter is. Also find the margin of error. Round all of your answers to four decimal places.

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Answer:

The 90% confidence interval is   [tex] 0.8315 <  p < 0.8685[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

   The sample size is n =  1007  

    The sample proportion is  [tex]\^ p = 0.85[/tex]

From the question we are told the confidence level is  90% , hence the level of significance is    

      [tex]\alpha = (100 - 90 ) \%[/tex]

=>   [tex]\alpha = 0.10[/tex]

Generally from the normal distribution table the critical value  of  [tex]\frac{\alpha }{2}[/tex] is  

   [tex]Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} } =  1.645[/tex]

Generally the margin of error is mathematically represented as  

      [tex]E = Z_{\frac{\alpha }{2} } * \sqrt{\frac{\^ p(1- \^ p)}{n}}[/tex]

=>   [tex]E =1.645 * \sqrt{\frac{0.85 (1- 0.85 )}{1007}} [/tex]

=>   [tex]E = 0.0185 [/tex]    

Generally 90% confidence interval is mathematically represented as  

      [tex]\^ p -E <  p <  \^ p +E[/tex]

=>  [tex]0.85 -0.0185 <  p < 0.85 + 0.0185[/tex]

=>  [tex] 0.8315 <  p < 0.8685[/tex]