A Statistical Method Used to Estimate the Proportion of Items

question 8

Multiple Choice

A statistical method used to estimate the proportion of items in a population containing a characteristic of interest is:

• A) variables sampling.
• B) population-proportional-to-size sampling.
• C) attributes sampling.
• D) estimation sampling.

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Definitions:

Approximate Normal

Describes a distribution that is close to, but not exactly, a normal distribution.

Sample Size

Refers to the number of observations or elements chosen from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Approximate Normal

Describes data or distributions that are nearly, but not perfectly, normally distributed, exhibiting characteristics close to that of a bell-shaped curve.

Mean

The sum of values in a data set divided by the number of values, representing the central point of the data set.