Question

Question 15 of 18 (1 point) Attempt 1 of Unlimited View question in a popup 7.3 Section Exercise 23 Volunteering: The General Social Survey asked 1305 people whether they performed any volunteer work during the past year. A total of 522 people said they did. Part: 0/3 Part 1 of 3 (a) Find a point estimate for the proportion of people who performed volunteer work during the past year. Round the answer to at least three decimal places. The point estimate for the proportion of people who performed volunteer work during the past year is .

Answer 1

Solution :

Given that,

n = 1305

x = 522

Point estimate = sample proportion = $\hat p$ = x / n = 522 / 1305 = 0.400