If a population proportion is believed to be 0.60, how many items must be sampled to ensure that the sampling distribution of the sample proportion will be approximately normal

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]n \geq 42[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Data provided

P = 0.6

The calculation of sample size is shown below:-

Here the sampling distribution of proportion will be approximately normal, then follow the rule which is here below:-

[tex]np\geq 10\ and\ np (1 - p)\geq 10[/tex]

Now we will consider condition 2

[tex]np(1 - p)\geq \ 10[/tex]

[tex]n(0.6) (1 - 0.6) \geq \ 10[/tex]

[tex]n(0.6) (0.4) \geq\ 10[/tex]

[tex]n\geq \frac{10}{0.24}[/tex]

[tex]n \geq 41.66667[/tex]

or

[tex]n \geq 42[/tex]

Therefore for computing the required sample size we simply solve the above equation.