The Number of Undergraduates at Johns Hopkins University Is Approximately

question 16

Multiple Choice

The number of undergraduates at Johns Hopkins University is approximately 2000,while the number at Ohio State University is approximately 40,000.A simple random sample of 50 undergraduates at Johns Hopkins University will be obtained to estimate the proportion of all Johns Hopkins students who feel that drinking is a problem among college students.A simple random sample of 50 undergraduates at Ohio State University will be obtained to estimate the proportion of all Ohio State students who feel that drinking is a problem among college students.What can we conclude about the sampling variability in the sample proportion, ,calculated from the sample at Johns Hopkins as compared to that in the sample proportion from Ohio State?

• A)The sample proportion from Johns Hopkins will have less sampling variability than that from Ohio State.
• B)The sample proportion from Johns Hopkins will have more sampling variability than that from Ohio State.
• C)The sample proportion from Johns Hopkins will have about the same sampling variability as that from Ohio State.
• D)It is impossible to make any statements about the sampling variability of the two samples because the students surveyed were different.

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