The culinary herb cilantro, Coriandrum sativum, is very polarizing; some people love it and others hate it. A genetic component is suspected to be at play. A survey of 12087 American adults of European ancestry asked whether they like or dislike the taste of cilantro. A total of 3181 said that they dislike the taste of cilantro.

(a) Estimate with 95% confidence (and interpret) the proportion of all American adults of European an- cestry who dislike the taste of cilantro
(b) Estimate with 95% confidence (and interpret) a lower confidence bound for the proportion of all Amer- ican adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro

The 95% confidence (and interpret) the proportion of all American adults of European an- cestry who dislike the taste of cilantro

(  0.2552  , 0.2709)

b) The lower bound for the proportion of all American adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro is  0.2552

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Given data a survey of 12087 American adults of European ancestry asked whether they like or dislike the taste of cilantro.

large sample size 'n' = 12087 American adults

in survey A total of 3181 said that they dislike the taste of cilantro.

so The sample proportion 'p' =

a) Estimate with 95% confidence (and interpret) the proportion of all American adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro.

(0.2631 - 0.00784 , 0.2631 + 0.00784 )

(  0.2552  , 0.2709)

b) The lower bound for the proportion of all American adults of European ancestry who dislike the taste of cilantro is  0.2552

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