Scenario 22-1 At Issue in a Particular City Vote Is How Much

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Scenario 22-1
At issue in a particular city vote is how much to spend, per person, on city parks next year. Among the 10,000 voters, 1,000 prefer to spend $30 per person, but no more; 3,500 prefer to spend $45 per person, but no more; 2,500 prefer to spend $80 per person, but no more; and 3,000 prefer to spend $150 per person, but no more.
-Refer to Scenario 22-1.If there is a vote on whether to spend $80 per person or $110 per person,the median voter will vote to spend

• A)$80 per person and the voting outcome will be $80 per person.
• B)$80 per person and the voting outcome will be $110 per person.
• C)$110 per person and the voting outcome will be $80 per person.
• D)$110 per person and the voting outcome will be $110 per person.

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Definitions:

Population Proportions

A measure of the fraction of the total population that falls into a specific category.

Unbiased Consistent Estimator

A statistical estimator that accurately targets the parameter of interest in the population and whose accuracy increases as the sample size increases.

Population Proportions

The fraction or percentage of the total number of individuals in a population that share a particular characteristic.

Pooled Proportion Estimate

A method for estimating the proportion of an entire population by combining the proportions from different samples.