bac-s-maths 2015 Q1A2

bac-s-maths · France · centres-etrangers Confidence intervals Compute confidence interval for a proportion (estimation)
The store manager wishes to estimate the proportion of defective padlocks in his stock of budget padlocks. For this, he takes a random sample of 500 budget padlocks, among which 39 prove to be defective.
Give a confidence interval for this proportion at the $95\%$ confidence level.
The store manager wishes to estimate the proportion of defective padlocks in his stock of budget padlocks. For this, he takes a random sample of 500 budget padlocks, among which 39 prove to be defective.

Give a confidence interval for this proportion at the $95\%$ confidence level.