The Student Newspaper at a College Asks a Simple Random

question 2

Multiple Choice

The student newspaper at a college asks a simple random sample of 250 undergraduates, "Do you favor eliminating supplemental fees for lab courses?" In all, 150 of the 250 are in favor of eliminating such fees.
The ___________ you want to estimate is the proportion p of all undergraduates who favor eliminating the supplemental fees for lab courses.

• A) bias
• B) confidence level
• C) mean
• D) parameter
• E) statistic

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