The city of Cleansburg has 6514 registered voters. There is an election for Mayor of Cleansburg, and there are three candidates for the position: Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a telephone poll of 520 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 117 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 364 indicated that they would vote for Jones, and 39 indicated that they would vote for Brown. a) Give the sampling proportion for this survey. Round the answer to two decimal places. % b) Give the sample statistic estimating the percentage of the vote going to Smith. Round the answer to two decimal places. %

The city of Cleansburg has 6514 registered voters. There is an election for Mayor of Cleansburg, and there are three candidates for the position: Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a telephone poll of 520 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 117 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 364 indicated that they would vote for Jones, and 39 indicated that they would vote for Brown. a) Give the sampling proportion for this survey. Round the answer to two decimal places. % b) Give the sample statistic estimating the percentage of the vote going to Smith. Round the answer to two decimal places. %

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.4: Collecting Data

Problem 6E

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