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A survey questioned 4,000 community members about how a certain parcel of land should be used (for
a park or a shopping center). If 1,599 of those surveyed responded in favor of a park, what is the
sample proportion for this population? Round to the nearest hundredth.

Answer :

Using it's concept, it is found that the sample proportion for this population is of 0.4.

  • The estimate of the sample proportion for a population is given by the number of desired outcomes divided by the size of the sample.

In this problem:

  • 1,599 of those surveyed responded in favor of the park.
  • The sample size is of 4,000.

Hence:

[tex]p = \frac{1599}{4000} = 0.4[/tex]

The sample proportion for this population is of 0.4.

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