A Poll of 1200 Randomly Selected Students in Grades 6

question 68

Essay

A poll of 1200 randomly selected students in grades 6 through 8 was conducted and found that 39% enjoy playing sports. What is the sampling distribution suggested by the given data?

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Definitions:

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution or calculation, affecting the shape of the distribution.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, with a specified level of confidence.

Population Mean

The average of a set of characteristics (e.g., values or measurements) of every member in a population.

Sample Variance

A measure that quantifies the amount of variability or spread in a sample data set.