AQA S3 2011 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleS3 (Statistics 3)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicLinear combinations of normal random variables
TypeConfidence interval for difference of proportions

5
An examination of 160 e-mails received by Gopal showed that 72 had attachments. An examination of 250 e-mails received by Haley showed that 102 had attachments.
Stating two necessary assumptions about the selection of e-mails, construct an approximate \(99 \%\) confidence interval for the difference between the proportion of e-mails received by Gopal that have attachments and the proportion of e-mails received by Haley that have attachments.
(8 marks)
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