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A marketing research consultant hired by Coca-Cola is interested in determining the proportion of customers who favor Coke over other soft drinks. A random sample of 400 consumers was selected from the market, and 53% favored Coca-Cola over other brands. Compute a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of people who favor Coke. Place your LOWER limit, rounded to 3 decimal places, in the first blank.

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Determining consumer preferences for Coca-Cola using statistical inference involves estimating the proportion of the population favoring the brand based on sample data. The problem provides a sample size of 400 consumers, with 53% favoring Coke, and asks for a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of all consumers who prefer Coke. This statistical task involves calculating the confidence interval for a population proportion, which is a common application of inferential statistics (Ott & Longnecker, 2010).

The sample proportion (\(\hat{p}\)) is given as 0.53. The sample size (n) is 400. The standard error (SE) for the proportion is computed as:

\( SE = \sqrt{\frac{\hat{p}(1 - \hat{p})}{n}} \)

Substituting the values:

\( SE = \sqrt{\frac{0.53 \times (1 - 0.53)}{400}} = \sqrt{\frac{0.53 \times 0.47}{400}} = \sqrt{\frac{0.2491}{400}} \approx \sqrt{0.000623} \approx 0.025

For a 95% confidence level, the z-value (critical value) is approximately 1.96. The margin of error (ME) is:

\( ME = z \times SE = 1.96 \times 0.025 \approx 0.049 \)

The confidence interval is then calculated as:

\( \hat{p} \pm ME = 0.53 \pm 0.049 \)

Lower limit:

\( 0.53 - 0.049 = 0.481 \)

Upper limit:

\( 0.53 + 0.049 = 0.579 \)

Rounded to three decimal places, the confidence interval for the true proportion of consumers favoring Coke is approximately (0.481, 0.579). Therefore, the lower limit, as requested, is 0.481.

This interval indicates with 95% confidence that the true proportion of all consumers who prefer Coke lies between approximately 48.1% and 57.9%. Such statistical inference helps Coca-Cola understand customer preferences and aids in strategic marketing decisions (Kenny & Gellerman, 2012).

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