Given a Population in Which the Probability of Success Is

question 15

Multiple Choice

Given a population in which the probability of success is p = 0.20, if a sample of 500 items is taken, then calculate the probability the proportion of successes in the sample will be between 0.18 and 0.23 if the sample size is 200.

• A) 0.8911
• B) 0.7121
• C) 0.8712
• D) 0.6165

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Definitions:

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