In a Balanced Ecosystem, All Animals Are Subject to Predators $\hat{ p}$

question 1

Essay

In a balanced ecosystem, all animals are subject to predators. Bees have been observed avoiding flowers where spiders have been present, but it is not known how they detect the spider’s presence. A series of studies involving Italian honeybees and crab spiders was conducted to address this question. One study looked at flowers that had a dead bee on its petals. In a sample of 128 bee flights to flowers with dead bees, 83 resulted in the bee inspecting the flower, and 38 of these inspections resulted in the bee “accepting” the
flower.
-Suppose you are interested in learning about the value of p, the proportion of allflowers with bee remains that would be inspected. This proportion can be estimatedusing the sample proportion, $\hat{ p}$ . What is the sample proportion for this sample?

---

Definitions:

Seattle Longitudinal Study

A research project that investigates cognitive abilities across the lifespan, starting from 1956.

Primary Mental Abilities

Fundamental cognitive skills including numerical and verbal abilities, spatial relations, and memory that are thought to be essential for intelligence.

Inductive Reasoning

Type of logical reasoning that moves from particular observations about members of a class to a general conclusion about that class.

Emotions

Subjective reactions to experience that are associated with physiological and behavioral changes.