Progress Check
Use this activity to assess whether you and your peers can:
- Calculate a 90% and a 95% confidence interval.
- Relate the interval width of a confidence interval to its margin of error (MOE).
- Compare interval widths of two confidence intervals and draw conclusions.
Directions
Use the drop-down menu to learn about the three steps needed to complete this assignment.
Three steps to complete the assignment
Step 1: Review the Rubric
- Before you submit your work, review the rubric at the bottom of this assignment.
- Use the rubric as a checklist to determine whether you are ready to submit your work.
Step 2: First Draft
- Commit a good-faith effort to address each item in the Prompt section below.
- Please be sure to number your responses and include “white space” between problem numbers. This improves the readability and flow of your work. I cannot give feedback and grade jumbled work.
- Use either of the following options to submit your work.
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Step 3: Optional Final Draft
- After you submit your good-faith attempt to fully respond to the questions in the Prompt section below, advance to the ANSWER(S) page.
- You can use the ANSWER(S) page to correct your work and resubmit this assignment any time before I begin grading the problems. However, to earn full credit, you are not required to submit a final draft for this assignment. But if you do submit a final draft, I will only grade it if you submitted a good-faith effort on your first draft.
- Warning – I will only grade your most recent submission. So if you choose to submit a final draft, please do not leave anything out, and please do not direct me to read an earlier submission. To maximize your score, your most recent submission (at the time I begin grading) must be complete.
Prompt
Harris Interactive conducted a poll of American adults in August of 2011 to study the use of online medical information. Of the 1,019 randomly chosen adults, 60% had used the Internet within the past month to obtain medical information.
- Use the results of this survey to create an approximate 95% confidence interval estimate for the percentage of all American adults who have used the Internet to obtain medical information in the past month.
- Calculate the 90% confidence interval.
- Which confidence interval has the smaller margin of error? Why does this make sense?
- Which confidence interval is more likely to contain the true percentage of all American adults who have used the Internet to obtain medical information in the past month? Briefly explain your reasoning.
Module 17 Discussion Board
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Review Feedback
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Rubric
Formative Assessments
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts |
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This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnswering the Prompt |
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10 pts |
Total Points: 10
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