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Since 1973, Gallup has asked Americans how much confidence they have in a variety of U.S. institutions. One question asked of those polled is whether they have a great deal of confidence in banks. In 2007, of a random sample of 1008adult Americans, 413said yes; and, in 2013, of a random sample of 1529adult Americans, 398said yes. For the two years, find and interpret a95% confidence interval for the difference between the percentages of adult Americans who had a great deal of confidence in banks.

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The difference in adult-American percentages is 0.1118 to 0.1868.

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 Step 1: Given information 

Given in the question that, Since1973,Gallup has asked Americans how much confidence they have in a variety of U.S. institutions. One question asked of those polled is whether they have a great deal of confidence in banks. In 2007, of a random sample of1008adult Americans, 413said yes; and, in 2013, of a random sample of 1529adult Americans, 398said yes. we need to find and interpret a 95%confidence interval for the difference between the percentages of adult Americans who had a great deal of confidence in banks For the two years.

we need to use the two-proportions plus four z-interval procedure to find the required confidence interval.

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 Step 2: Explanation

The given values are, x1=413,n1=1008,x2=398,n2=1529, and 95%confidence interval.

The formula for p~1is given by,

p~1=x1+1n1+2

Substitute x1=413,n1=1008we get,

=413+11008+2

=0.4099

The formula for p~2is given by,

p~2=x2+1n2+2

Substitute x2=398,n2=1529we get,

=398+11529+2

=0.2606

Calculate the value of α,

95=100(1-α)

The value of z at α/2 from the z-score table is1.96.

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The required confidence interval 

For the difference between the two-population proportion, the needed confidence interval is determined as,

p~1-p~2±zα/2·p~11-p~1n1+2+p~21-p~2n2+2=(0.4099-0.2606)±1.96

.0.4099(1-0.4099)1008+2+0.2606(1-2606)1529+2

=0.1493±0.0375

=0.1118to 0.1868

As a result, the difference in adult-American percentages is 0.1118 to 0.1868.

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