Question

A sample of 100 college students is selected from all students registered at a certain college, and it turns out that 38 of them participate in intramural sports. True or false: a. The proportion of students at this college who participate in intramural sports is 0.38. b. The proportion of students at this college who participate in intramural sports is likely to be close to 0.38, but not equal to 0.38.

Answer 1

Answer:

a.   False

b. True

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

The sample size of the college student n = 100

The population of student that participated p = 38

We are to identify from the following statement if it is true or false.

From part a;

It is false since the random samples not indicate the population perfectly. As such we can't conclude that the proportion of students at this college who participate in intramural sports is 0.38.

The statement in part b is true because the sampling variation, random samples also do not indicate the population perfectly but it is close to be 0.38. Thus, it is suitable to conclude that the proportion of students at this college who participate in intramural sports is likely to be close to 0.38, but not equal to 0.38.