In a Random Sample of 79 Students at a University

question 34

Multiple Choice

In a random sample of 79 students at a university, 7 had the flu. ​
Suppose you are interested in learning about the value of p, the proportion of all students at this university who have the flu. This proportion can be estimated using the sample proportion, . What is the value of for this sample?
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• A)0.097
• B)0.250
• C)0.089
• D)0.081
• E)0.700

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