Question

One in five 18-year-old Americans has not graduated from high school (The Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2007). A mayor of a northeastern city comments that its residents do not have the same graduation rate as the rest of the country. An analyst from the Department of Education decides to test the mayor's claim. She draws a random sample of 80 18-year-olds in the city and finds that 20 of them have not graduated from high school. Compute the point estimate for the proportion of 18-year-olds who have not graduated from high school in this city. (Round your final answer to 2 decimal places.)

Answer 1

The point estimate for the proportion of 18-year-olds who have not graduated from high school in this city is 0.25.

Explanation:

The point estimate is the sample proportion.

She draws a random sample of 80 18-year-olds in the city and finds that 20 of them have not graduated from high school.

This means that:

`p = (20)/(80) = 0.25`

The point estimate for the proportion of 18-year-olds who have not graduated from high school in this city is 0.25.