A Researcher Wants to Estimate the Proportion of the Population

question 8

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to estimate the proportion of the population which possesses a given characteristic.A random sample of size 1800 is taken resulting in 450 items which possess the characteristic.The point estimate for this population proportion is _______.

• A)0.55
• B)0.45
• C)0.35
• D)0.25
• E)0.15

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Definitions:

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