Question

Unaware that 35% of the 10,000 voters in his constituency support him, a politician decides to estimate his political strength. A sample of 200 voters shows that 40% support him. What is the parameter of interest? State its value

Answer 1

Answer.

a. Population is the total number of voters in the constituency, that is 10000

b. the parameter is the unknown character of the population, that is 35% of 10000= 3,500

c. Statistics of interest is know character from the sample, that is 40% of 200= 80

d. The two answers are not surprisingly, because the sample is a portion of the population and we expect it to be smaller that the population. Thus, parameter must be bigger than statistics of interest.

d) ii. If another 200 sample was to be taken, we expect to see an increase in a statistics of interest.

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