AP Statistics Curriculum 2007 Estim Proportion
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For a given margin of error we can derive the minimum sample-size that guarantees an interval estimate within the given margin of error. The margin of error is the standard-error of the sample-proportion: | For a given margin of error we can derive the minimum sample-size that guarantees an interval estimate within the given margin of error. The margin of error is the standard-error of the sample-proportion: | ||
- | : SE_{\tilde{p}} = \sqrt{\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over n+z_{\alpha \over 2}^2}.</math> | + | : <math>SE_{\tilde{p}} = \sqrt{\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over n+z_{\alpha \over 2}^2}.</math> |
This equation has one unknown parameter (n), which we can solve for if we are given an upper limit for the margin of error. | This equation has one unknown parameter (n), which we can solve for if we are given an upper limit for the margin of error. | ||
- | : SE_{\tilde{p}} \geq \sqrt{\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over n+z_{\alpha \over 2}^2} \longrightarrow n \geq {\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over SE_{\tilde{p}^2} } -z_{\alpha \over 2}^2}.</math> | + | : <math>SE_{\tilde{p}} \geq \sqrt{\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over n+z_{\alpha \over 2}^2} \longrightarrow n \geq {\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over SE_{\tilde{p}^2} } -z_{\alpha \over 2}^2}.</math> |
===Example=== | ===Example=== |
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General Advance-Placement (AP) Statistics Curriculum - Estimating a Population Proportion
Estimating a Population Proportion
When the sample size is large, the sampling distribution of the sample proportion is approximately Normal, by CLT, as the sample proportion may be presented as a sample average or Bernoulli random variables. When the sample size is small, the normal approximation may be inadequate. To accommodate this we will modify the sample-proportion slightly and obtain the corrected-sample-proportion :
where is the normal critical value we saw earlier.
The standard error of also needs a slight modification
Confidence intervals for proportions
The confidence intervals for the sample proportion and the corrected-sample-proportion are given by
Example
Suppose a researcher is interested in studying the effect of aspirin in reducing heart attacks. He randomly recruits 500 subjects with evidence of early heart disease and has them take one aspirin daily for two years. At the end of the two years he finds that during the study only 17 subjects had a heart attack. Calculate a 95% (α = 0.05) confidence interval for the true (unknown) proportion of subjects with early heart disease that have a heart attack while taking aspirin daily. Note that :
- ;
- ;
And the corresponding confidence intervals are given by
Sample-size estimation
For a given margin of error we can derive the minimum sample-size that guarantees an interval estimate within the given margin of error. The margin of error is the standard-error of the sample-proportion:
This equation has one unknown parameter (n), which we can solve for if we are given an upper limit for the margin of error.
- Failed to parse (syntax error): SE_{\tilde{p}} \geq \sqrt{\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over n+z_{\alpha \over 2}^2} \longrightarrow n \geq {\tilde{p}(1-\tilde{p})\over SE_{\tilde{p}^2} } -z_{\alpha \over 2}^2}.
Example
How many subjects are needed if the heart-researchers want SE < 0.005 for a 95% CI, and have a guess based on previous research that ?
- n \geq {0.04(1-0.04)\over 0.005^2} } - 1.96^2}=1533.16 \approx 1534.</math>
References
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