Question

professor zuro surveyed a random sample of 420 statistics students. one of the questions was will you take another mathematics class? the results showed that 252 of the students said yes. what is the sample proportion, p of students who say they will take another math class? round to three decimal places
a. 0.420
b. 0.600
c. 0.252
d. 0.775

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate the sample proportion

The formula for sample proportion $\hat{p}$ is $\hat{p}=\frac{x}{n}$, where $x$ is the number of successes (students who said yes) and $n$ is the sample size.
Here, $x = 252$ and $n=420$.
So, $\hat{p}=\frac{252}{420}$.

Step2: Simplify the fraction

$\frac{252}{420}=\frac{252\div84}{420\div84}=\frac{3}{5}=0.6$

Answer:

B. 0.600