In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose it is known that among all public colleges and universities, 19.7% of them are planning to move their summer 2020 classes online . If a simple random sample of 207 public colleges and universities is selected and the proportion p hat of this sample who are planning to move their summer 2020 classes online determined, if appropriate describe completely the sampling distribution of p hat.
Solution
Given that,
p = 0.197
1 - p = 1 - 0.197 = 0.803
n = 207
The sampling distribution is approximately normal,
np 10 and n( 1 - p ) 10
207 * 0.197 = 40.779 10 and 207 * 0.803 = 166.221 10
= p = 0.197
[p ( 1 - p ) / n] = [(0.197 * 0.803) / 207 ] = 0.0276