Homework Help: Statistics

Posted by Desperate on Sunday, July 8, 2012 at 11:07am.

Suppose that out of 15,351 convicts who escaped from U.S. prisons, only 7667 were recaptured. Let p represent the proportion of all escaped convicts who will eventually be recaptured. Find a point estimate for p. Round your answer to four decimal places.

Statistics - MathGuru, Monday, July 9, 2012 at 3:29pm
7667/15351 = 0.4994 (decimal form)

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