A Company Has Surveyed a Sample of Its Employees to Find

question 33

Short Answer

A company has surveyed a sample of its employees to find out how many might take advantage of a weight loss program.The table below shows the results.Give the 95% confidence interval for Building A for the proportion of employees who would be willing to participate in the program.Based on this interval,can we say that the proportion differs from 11%? At which level of significance are you making this decision? $$\begin{array} { l | c | c | c } \text { Group } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number of } \\\text { Employees }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Number } \\\text { Surveyed }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Percent to } \\\text { Participate }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Building A } & 5200 & 250 & 8 \% \\\text { Building B } & 1190 & 150 & 6 \% \\\text { Building C } & 248 & 20 & 9 \%\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Legal Requirements

Obligations that organizations and individuals must comply with according to laws and regulations.

Employee Benefits

Various types of non-wage compensation provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries.

Employee Relations

The efforts of an organization to manage relationships between employers and employees in order to maintain work-place harmony and resolve workplace conflicts.

Supervisors

Individuals who have the responsibility and authority to oversee the work performance of others and guide them towards achieving the objectives of the organization.