Microwave Cooking A survey of 90 households found that 67% use the microwave to prepare their meals. Find the 95% confidence interval for the proportion. Use Excel and round the answers to three decimal places.

Answer:
Given:

The sample proportion $ (\hat{p}) = 0.67 $
The sample size $ (n) = 90 $
The confidence interval level $ = 95\% $

Solution:
The significance level $ (\alpha) : $
$ \alpha = 1 – 0.95 $

$ = 0.05 $

The critical value $ (z_c) : $
$ z_c = z_{\alpha/2} $

$ = z_{0.05/2} $

$ = 1.96 $

The confidence interval:

$CI = \hat{p} \pm z_c \times \sqrt{\frac{\hat{p}(1-\hat{p})}{n}} $

$ = 0.67 \pm 1.96 \times \sqrt{\frac{0.67(1-0.67)}{90}} $

$ = (0.573 < p < 0.767) $

Final Answer:
The 95% confidence interval $= (0.573 < p < 0.767) $

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