Question

Suppose that out of 10,351 convicts who escaped from U.S. prisons, only 7767 were recaptured. Let p represent the proportion of all escaped convicts who will eventually be recaptured. Find a point estimate for p. Round your answer to four decimal places.

Answer 1

Answer: 0.7504

Explanation:

Let p represent the proportion of all escaped convicts who will eventually be recaptured.

Given : Out of 10,351 convicts who escaped from U.S. prisons, only 7767 were recaptured.

Then , the proportion of convicts who escaped from U.S. prisons, only 7767 were recaptured will be :-

`p=(7767)/(10351)=0.750362283837\approx0.7504`

Hence, the point estimate for p = 0.7504