Introduction: Estimating a Population Proportion

What you’ll learn to do: Construct a confidence interval to estimate a population proportion.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Recognize situations that call for testing a claim about a population proportion or estimating a population proportion.
  • Construct a confidence interval to estimate a population proportion when conditions are met. Interpret the confidence interval in context.
  • For a confidence interval, interpret the meaning of a confidence level and relate it to the margin of error.