Question

Suppose you are conducting a study to determine if women are better drivers than men. You send your survey to over 1000 students on your campus and 5 students respond that women are better drivers and 4 students respond that women are not better drivers. What is the sample proportion for women as the better drivers using the large-sample method?

Answer 1

555.56

Explanation:

Purpose of the study: To determine if women are better drivers than men.

Survey or Opinion population: 1,000

You are experimenting on 9 out of a thousand opinions.

5 of these opinions are that women are better drivers

4 of these opinions are that women are not better drivers

You want to know the sample (full sample size is 9) proportion for women as better drivers; using the large sample method. This method is also called the asymptotic method.

This involves approximating the desired statistic, with just a small fraction of the population; in this case, 9/1000.

This approximation will get more and more accurate as sample size increases and you know that a larger sample size gives a better representation and interpretation of the population preference!

So using ratio, the sample proportion for women as the better drivers is given by:

5/9 x 1000 = 555.56 opinions