Question

A company has 200 employees. The company’s owner randomly chose 30 employees for an in-depth survey. Of those surveyed, 12 employees said they work overtime on a regular basis.

What is the best estimate of the percent of the company’s employees who work overtime on a regular basis?

Answer 1

just took the test and the answer is 40%

Answer 2

the owner asked 30 people and 12 worked overtime.

divide the number who work over time by the number of people asked to find the percentage of the sample:

12 / 30 = 0.4 = 40%

so about 40% of all the people work overtime