The city of Cleansburg has 8126 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 517 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 229 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 175 indicated that they would vote for Jones, and 113 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 8126 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 517 randomly chosen registered voters produced the following results: 229 people surveyed indicated that they would vote for Smith, 175 indicated that they would vote for Jones, and 113 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. %
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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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