Algebra II.4.C.14 - Sampling Variability in the Sample Proportion – Exit Ticket
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3 Questions
A group of eleventh graders wanted to estimate the population proportion of
students in their high school who drink at least one soda per day. Each student
selected a different random sample of 30 students and calculated the proportion
that drink at least
10
1.
Describe the shape of the distribution.
10
2.
What is your estimate for the proportion of all students who would report that
they drink at least one soda per day?
10
3.
If, instead of taking random samples of 30 students in the high school, the
eleventh graders randomly selected samples of size 60, describe what will happen
to the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample
proportions.
From EngageNY.org of the New York State Education Department. Grade Algebra II Mathematics Module 4, Topic C, Lesson 14. Internet. Available from https://www.engageny.org/resource/algebra-ii-modul...; accessed 21/Apr/2016.
