Question

You have been given the task of finding out what proportion of students that enroll in a local university actually complete their degree. You have access to first year enrolment records and you decide to randomly sample 110 of those records. You find that 87 of those sampled went on to complete their degree. a)Calculate the proportion of sampled students that complete their degree. Give your answer as a decimal to 3 decimal places. Sample proportion

Answer 1

The proportion of sampled students that complete their degree is 0.791.

Explanation:

A proportion is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

a)Calculate the proportion of sampled students that complete their degree.

110 students sampled.

87 went on to complete their degree.

p = 87/110 = 0.791

The proportion of sampled students that complete their degree is 0.791.