Question

A survey of 250 homeless persons showed that 14 were veterans. Find a point estimate for the population proportion of homeless persons who are veterans.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\hat p =\frac{14}{250}= 0.056$

And for this case that represent the 5.6% of the homeless persons who are veterans

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that in a survey of 250 homeless persons 14 were veterans. We can find the estimated proportion of homeless persons who are veterans with the following formula:

$\hat p =\frac{X}{n}$

The last one is an unbiased estimator of the true population proportion p

And replacing the info given we got:

$\hat p =\frac{14}{250}= 0.056$

And for this case that represent the 5.6% of the homeless persons who are veterans