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Computing the Sample Proportion from a Simple Random Sample
QUESTION:
In a simple random sample of size 98, there were 37 individuals in the category of interest. Compute the sample proportion .
Question 3 options:
0.378
0.622
0.607
135
OVERVIEW
Sample proportions are essential in statistics as they help estimate population characteristics based on sample data. This post demonstrates how to calculate a sample proportion using a simple random sample formula.
In a simple random sample of size 98, there were 37 individuals in the category of interest. This post explains how to compute the sample proportion and its significance in statistical analysis.
https://stats.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Statistics/Introductory_Statistics_%28Shafer_and_Zhang%29/06%3A_Sampling_Distributions/6.03%3A_The_Sample_Proportion
