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    Week - 7: Q-2: A Local Health Center Noted That in A Sample of 400 Patients, 80 Were Referred To Them by

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    This document provides the steps to calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of patients referred to a health center by a local hospital based on a sample of 400 patients where 80 were referred. The 95% confidence interval calculated is 0.161 to 0.239. It also calculates that a sample size of at least 385 would be required to estimate the proportion of hospital referrals to the health center with a margin of error of 0.04 or less at 95% confidence.

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    This document provides the steps to calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of patients referred to a health center by a local hospital based on a sample of 400 patients where 80 were referred. The 95% confidence interval calculated is 0.161 to 0.239. It also calculates that a sample size of at least 385 would be required to estimate the proportion of hospital referrals to the health center with a margin of error of 0.04 or less at 95% confidence.

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    This document provides the steps to calculate a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of patients referred to a health center by a local hospital based on a sample of 400 patients where 80 were referred. The 95% confidence interval calculated is 0.161 to 0.239. It also calculates that a sample size of at least 385 would be required to estimate the proportion of hospital referrals to the health center with a margin of error of 0.04 or less at 95% confidence.

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    Week – 7:

    Q- 2: A local health center noted that in a sample of 400 patients, 80 were referred to them by
    the local hospital.
    a. Provide a 95% confidence interval for all the patients who are referred to the health
    center by the hospital.
    Answer:
    For calculating the 95% confidence interval, suppose X refers to the number of patients that the
    local hospital referred out of the total 400 patients.
    Hence, X = 80 and N = 400.
    Proportioning the Sample as under:
    x 80
    P= = = 0.2
    N 400
    The critical value for α = 0.0.5 is z c= 1.96. The corresponding vale of confidence interval is
    computed as under:

    p ( 1− p ) p (1− p)
    ( √
    p−z c
    N √
    , p+ z c
    N )
    0.2 ( 1−0.2 ) 0.2(1−0.2)
    ( √
    0.2−1.96∗
    400
    , 0.2+1.96
    √
    400 )
    (0.161, 0.239)

    b. What sample size would be required to estimate the proportion of all hospital referrals to
    the health center with a margin of error of 0.04 or less at 95% confidence?
    The sample size is calculated as under:
    Since, the margin of error is E = 0.04, Confidence Interval = 95%
    Sample size, ղ for the given margin of error is provided as under:
    zc 1.96
    ղ ≥ p (1 – p) ( ¿ ² = 0.2 (1 – 0.2) ( ¿ ² = 384.15
    E 0.04

    Therefore, the required sample size is to satisfy the condition ղ ≥ 384.15. and it must be an
    integer number; therefore, it is concluded that the minimum required sample size is ղ = 385.

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