Question

For this problem, carry at least four digits after the decimal in your calculations. Answers may vary slightly due to rounding.

A random sample of 5020 permanent dwellings on an entire reservation showed that 1564 were traditional hogans. (a) Let p be the proportion of all permanent dwellings on the entire reservation that are traditional hogans.


Find a point estimate for p. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)

Answer 1

`p = (1564)/(5020) = 0.3116`

Explanation:

The point estimate for the population proportion is the number of sucesses divided by the size of the sample.

In this problem, we have that:

A success is being a tradition hogan in the reservation(the population). In a sample of 5020, 1564 are traditional hogans.

So
`p = (1564)/(5020) = 0.3116`