(a) The 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all people in the United States who would indicate that their favorite sport to watch on television is American football is (0.34, 0.40).

(b) Not reasonable.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information provided is:

n = 1000

$\hat p$ = 0.37

(a)

The (1 - α)% confidence interval for the population proportion p is:

$CI=\hat p\pm z_{\alpha/2}\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1-\hat p)}{n}}$

Here,

$\hat p$ = sample proportion

n = sample size

$z_{\alpha/2}$ = critical value of z.

Compute the critical value of z for 95% confidence interval as follows:

$z_{\alpha/2}=z_{0.05/2}=z_{0.025}=1.96$

*Use a z-table for the value.

Compute the 95% confidence interval for the population proportion p as follows:

$CI=\hat p\pm z_{\alpha/2}\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1-\hat p)}{n}}$

$=0.37\pm 1.96\times\sqrt{\frac{0.37(1-0.37)}{1000}}$

$=0.37\pm 0.03\\=(0.34, 0.40)$

Thus, the 95% confidence interval for the proportion of all people in the United States who would indicate that their favorite sport to watch on television is American football is (0.34, 0.40).

(b)

Now we need to determine whether it is reasonable to believe that the actual percent of people in the United States whose favorite sport to watch on television is American football is 33%.

The hypothesis can be defined as:

H₀: The percentage of people in the United States whose favorite sport to watch on television is American football is 33%, i.e. p = 0.33.

Hₐ: The percentage of people in the United States whose favorite sport to watch on television is American football is different from 33%, i.e. p ≠ 0.33

The hypothesis can be tested based on a confidence interval.

The decision rule:

If the (1 - α)% confidence interval includes the null value of the test then the null hypothesis will not be rejected. And if the (1 - α)% confidence interval includes the null value of the test then the null hypothesis will be rejected.

The 95 confidence interval for the proportion of all people in the United States who would indicate that their favorite sport to watch on television is American football is (0.34, 0.40).

The confidence interval does includes the null value of p, i.e. 0.33.

So, the null hypothesis will be rejected.

Hence, concluding that is is not reasonable to believe that 33% is the actual percent of people in the United States whose favorite sport to watch on television is American football.

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