Graded Worksheet D4

Name: ________________

This needs to be completed and emailed to burelle@hartford.edu by the due date

announced in Course Compass.
In a large survey of U.S. college students, 1630 of the 7180 men self-identified as binge drinkers,
and 1684 of the 9916 women self-identified as binge drinkers.
1. Calculate the proportion for the men ( ^pmen ) and the proportion for the women (
^pwomen ).
Pmen=.227

pwomen= .169826543

2. Calculate a point estimate for the ratio of the proportions for the two populations, using

^pmen / ^pwomen . Fill in the blank: In the sample, men were _________1.3368___ times
as likely to be binge drinkers as women (that is, ______5.72______ % more likely).

3. Calculate a point estimate for the difference between the proportions, using
^pmen ^p women .
.0572
4. Use StatCrunch to calculate a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the two
proportions. Tell what you put into StatCrunch, and write the confidence interval in a
form similar to (55.17%, 83.21%).

5. Based on the interval, is it feasible that the proportions are actually the same for the two
populations? (YES / NO)