Suppose 11% of student veterans at a college are involved in sports. A random sample of 135 student veterans is taken. What is the mean of the sampling distribution for the proportion of veterans in sports at this college? σ(@) When working with samples of size 135, what is the standard error of the sampling distribution for the proportion of veterans in sports at this college? Round answer to 3 decimal places.
Q. Suppose 11% of student veterans at a college are involved in sports. A random sample of 135 student veterans is taken. What is the mean of the sampling distribution for the proportion of veterans in sports at this college? σ(@) When working with samples of size 135, what is the standard error of the sampling distribution for the proportion of veterans in sports at this college? Round answer to 3 decimal places.
Calculate Standard Error: Now, we calculate the standard error of the sampling distribution for the proportion.Standard error (SE) = (p×(1−p))/n, where p is the population proportion and n is the sample size.SE = (0.11×(1−0.11))/135.
Calculate Standard Error: Perform the calculation for the standard error. SE=(0.11×0.89)/135.SE=(0.0979)/135.SE=0.000725185.SE=0.026937, which we round to three decimal places as 0.027.
Calculate Sample Proportion: To determine if it is unusual that no more than 20 veterans in the sample are involved in sports, we calculate the sample proportion.Sample proportion = 13520≈0.148.
Compare Sample to Population: We compare the sample proportion to the population proportion using the standard error.Z=Standard errorSample proportion−Population proportion.Z=0.0270.148−0.11.
Calculate Z-score: Calculate the Z-score.Z=0.0270.038.Z=1.407, which we round to four decimal places as 1.4070.
Check Unusual Result: To determine if the result is unusual, we check if the Z-score corresponds to a probability of less than 5%. A Z-score of 1.4070 corresponds to a probability greater than 5%, so it is not unusual.
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