Question

The FBI wants to determine the effectiveness of their 10 Most Wanted list. To do so, they need to find out the fraction of people who appear on the list that are actually caught. Step 1 of 2: Suppose a sample of 1453 suspected criminals is drawn. Of these people, 377 were captured. Using the data, estimate the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list. Enter your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to three decimal places.

Answer 1

The proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list is 0.259.

Explanation:

Proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list.

Number of people caught divided by the size of the sample.

In this question:

377 people caught.

1453 suspected criminals.

Then

`p = (377)/(1453) = 0.259`

The proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list is 0.259.