Question

Suppose a sample of 1390 suspected criminals is drawn. Of these people, 514 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 estimate for the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list is of 0.37.

Explanation:

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

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

We have that:

514 of 1390 people were captured. So

514/1390 = 0.37

The estimate for the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list is of 0.37.