Gladys B.

Quimpo 4MBA651-CYCLE 3
2020-110112

1. A dermatologist wishes to estimate the proportion of young adults who apply sunscreen
regularly before going out in the sun in the summer. Find the minimum sample size required to
estimate the proportion with precision of 3% and 90% confidence.

2. The administration at a college wisher to estimate, the proportion of all its entering freshmen
who graduate within four years, with 95% confidence. Estimate the minimum size sample
required. Assume that the population standard deviation is o=1.3 and precision level is 0.05.

( )
2
1.96 ( 1.3 )
n≥ =2,596.9216
.05

3. A government agency wishes to estimate the proportion of drivers aged 16-24 who have been
involved in a traffic accident in the last year. It wishes to make the estimate within 1% error and
at 90% confidence. Find the minimum sample size required, using the information that several
years ago the proportion was 0.12.

n≥ ( )
1.65 2
.01
.12(1−.12)

=2,874.96
4. An internet service provider wishes to estimate, to within one percentage error, the current
proportion of all email that is spam, with 85% confidence. Last year the proportion that was
spam was 71%. Estimate the minimum size sample required if the total email that is spam is
10,000.