A Simple Random Sample of 450 Residents in the State

question 56

Multiple Choice

A simple random sample of 450 residents in the state of New York is taken to estimate the proportion of people who live within 1 mile of a hazardous waste site.If 315 of the residents in the sample live within 1 mile of a hazardous waste site,what are the values of the sample proportion of people who live within 1 mile of a hazardous waste site and its standard error?

• A)0.3 and 0.022
• B)0.7 and 0.01
• C)0.7 and 0.21
• D)0.7 and 0.022

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