A teacher surveys a random group of students about their preference for doing classwork online or on paper. The results are shown in the table below. STUDENT CLASSWORK PREFERENCE. Preference: Online, or Paper. Number of Students: 17 or 8. Based on the results, how many students out of 350 will most likely have a preference to do their classwork online
To determine the number of students out of 350 who will most likely have a preference to do their classwork online, we need to find the proportion of students who prefer online classwork in the sample and then use that proportion to estimate the number of students in the population who prefer online classwork.
The proportion of students who prefer online classwork in the sample is:
17 / (17 + 8) = 0.68
This means that 68% of the sample prefers online classwork.
To estimate the number of students in the population who prefer online classwork, we can multiply the proportion by the total number of students:
0.68 x 350 = 238
Therefore, we can estimate that about 238 students out of 350 will most likely have a preference to do their classwork online.