The consumption of asparagus results in the release of methanethiol and S-methyl thioesters metabolites in the urine. To some people, these metabolites have a very distinctive odor, but others cannot detect the odor ("asparagus anosmia"). How common is asparagus anosmia? In a genetic study aiming to find the genetic markers supporting the phenotype, researchers contacted 6909 participants in a large scientific cohort and found that 4161 had asparagus anosmia. Assuming that the cohort is representative of the American adult population, obtain a 90% confidence interval for the true population of Americans with asparagus anosmia. Use technology, for instance, the 1-PropZInt function in the TI graphing calculator or the Statistics / Proportion / 1-sample function (Confidence Interval tab) on CrunchIt!.

The 90% confidence interval for the true population of Americans with asparagus anosmia is (0.5926, 0.6120).

Step-by-step explanation:

In a sample with a number n of people surveyed with a probability of a success of , and a confidence level of , we have the following confidence interval of proportions.

In which

z is the zscore that has a pvalue of .

Researchers contacted 6909 participants in a large scientific cohort and found that 4161 had asparagus anosmia.

This means that

90% confidence level

So , z is the value of Z that has a pvalue of , so .

The lower limit of this interval is:

The upper limit of this interval is:

The 90% confidence interval for the true population of Americans with asparagus anosmia is (0.5926, 0.6120).

final total: 63

step-by-step explanation:

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