Jane wants to estimate the proportion of students on her campus who eat cauliflower. After surveying 24 students, she finds 2 who eat cauliflower. Obtain and interpret a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus using Agresti and Coull's method. Construct and interpret the 95% confidence interval. Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes within your choice.
(Round to three decimal places as needed.)
A. The proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus is between___ and __ 95% of the time.
B. There is a 95% chance that the proportion of students who eat cauliflower in Jane's sample is between __ and __.
C. There is a 95% chance that the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus is between __ and__.
D. One is 95% confident that the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus is between __ and __.

A 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus is [0.012, 0.270].

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given that Jane wants to estimate the proportion of students on her campus who eat cauliflower. After surveying 24 students, she finds 2 who eat cauliflower.

Firstly, the pivotal quantity for finding the confidence interval for the population proportion is given by;

                              P.Q.  =    ~ N(0,1)

where, = sample proportion of students who eat cauliflower

           n = sample of students

           p = population proportion of students who eat cauliflower

Here for constructing a 95% confidence interval we have used a One-sample z-test for proportions.

So, 95% confidence interval for the population proportion, p is ;

P(-1.96 < N(0,1) < 1.96) = 0.95  {As the critical value of z at 2.5% level

                                                   of significance are -1.96 & 1.96}  

P(-1.96 < < 1.96) = 0.95

P( < < ) = 0.95

P( < p < ) = 0.95

Now, in Agresti and Coull's method; the sample size and the sample proportion is calculated as;

n = = 27.842

= = 0.141

95% confidence interval for p = [ , ]

 = [ , ]

 = [0.012, 0.270]

Therefore, a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus [0.012, 0.270].

The interpretation of the above confidence interval is that we are 95% confident that the proportion of students who eat cauliflower on Jane's campus is between 0.012 and 0.270.

step-by-step explanation: