Question: Stanford University conducted a study of whether running is healthy for men and women over age 50. During the first eight years of the study, 1.5% of the 451 members of the 50-Plus Fitness Association died. We are interested in the proportion of people over 50 who ran and died in the same eight-year period.
a. Define the random variables X and P′ in words.
b. Which distribution should you use for this problem? Explain your choice.
c. Construct a 97% confidence interval for the population proportion of people over 50 who ran and died in the same eight-year period.
i. State the confidence interval.
ii. Sketch the graph.
iii. Calculate the error bound.
d. Explain what a "97% confidence interval" means for this study.