Getting Started and Sampling Distributions教程.pptVIP

Sample Proportion The sample proportion is calculated by dividing the number of elements exhibiting a characteristic by the size of the sample. x is the number with the characteristic n is the number in the sample Sample Proportion The mean and standard deviation for determining a proportion in a population is: This gives a z-score for the population of: p = population proportion q = 1-p Problem If the sample of Democratic voters included 100 voters, what is the probability that Senator Clinton’s reported support is less than 28%. What if the sample included 400 voters? Addendum There is a