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Question: Furniture brand familiarity. A brand name that consumers recognize is a highly valued commodity in any industry. To assess brand familiarity in the furniture industry, NPD (a market research firm) surveyed 1,333 women who head U.S. households that have incomes of $25,000 or more. The sample was drawn from a database of 25,000 households that match the criteria listed above. Of the 10 furniture brands evaluated, La-Z-Boy was the most recognized brand; 70.8% of the respondents indicated they were 鈥渧ery familiar鈥 with La-Z-Boy.

a. Describe the population being investigated by NPD.

b. In constructing a confidence interval to estimate the proportion of households that are very familiar with the La-Z-Boy brand, is it necessary to use the finite population correction factor? Explain.

c. What estimate of the standard error ofp^ should be used in constructing the confidence interval of part b?

d. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the true proportion and interpret it in the context of the problem.

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a.The population of interest is all women who head U.S. households that have incomes of $25,000 or more in the database.

b.The finite population correction factor is necessary to use in the study.

c.The estimate of the standard error of is 0.012.

d.The 90% confidence interval for the proportion of households that are very familiar with the La-Z-brand is (0.6883, 0.7277).

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Given information

To assess brand familiarity in the furniture industry, surveyed 1,333 women with incomes of $25,000 or more.

The sample was drawn from a database of 25,000 households. It is also given that 70.8% of the respondents indicated they were 鈥渧ery familiar鈥 with La-Z-Boy.

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a) Describing the population

In the study, the population of interest is all women who head U.S. households that have incomes of $25,000 or more in the database.

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(b) Calculating finite population correction factor

Yes, it is necessary to use the finite population correction factor.

If nN>0.05, then use the finite population correction factor.

The value ofnN is

nN=133325000=0.053

Here, the value of nNis greater than 0.05. Hence, the finite population correction factor is necessary to use in the study

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(c) Calculating an estimate of the standard error of    

The standard error is calculated using the following formula,

^=0.7081-0.708133325000-133325000=0.206713332366725000=0.012

Thus, the estimate of the standard error to vector p is 0.012.

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(d) Calculating a confidence interval

For the 90% confidence level, the level of significance is 0.90.

For,

1-=0.90=0.12=0.05

From the standard normal table, the value of is given as

z2=z0.05=1.645

The confidence interval is,

p^z2p^=0.7081.6450.012=0.7080.0197=0.6883,0.7277

Thus, the 90% confidence interval for the proportion of households that are very familiar with the La-Z-brand is (0.6883, 0.7277).

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