The National Health Interview Survey, which included a questionnaire administered during in-person interviews with 21,781 adults, found that 20.6 percent of them were smokers in 2008. (New York Times, Nov 18, 2009). Round your numbers to 3 decimal places. Find a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of American adults who smoked in 2008

The 95% confidence interval for the proportion of American adults who smoked in 2008 is (20.1%, 21.1%).

Step-by-step explanation:

The critical value of z for 95% confidence level is:

z = 1.96

Compute the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of American adults who smoked in 2008 as follows:

Thus, the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of American adults who smoked in 2008 is (20.1%, 21.1%).

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