Of the 6796 students in one school district, 1537 cannot read up to grade level. Among a sample of 812 of the students from this school district, 211 cannot read up to grade level. Find the sample proportion of students who cannot read up to grade level.
A. 0.14
B. 0.26
C. 211
D. 0.23
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Of the 6796 students in one school district, 1537 cannot read up to grade level. Among a sample of 812 of the students from this school district, 211 cannot read up to grade level. Find the sample proportion of students who cannot read up to grade level.
A. 0.14
B. 0.26
C. 211
D. 0.23
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211/812 = ?
.26
No worries! Let me guide you through the process step by step.
To find the sample proportion of students who cannot read up to grade level, we need to divide the number of students in the sample who cannot read up to grade level (211) by the total number of students in the sample (812).
The formula for finding the sample proportion is:
Sample Proportion = Number of Students who cannot read up to grade level / Total number of Students in the sample
In this case, the number of students who cannot read up to grade level is 211, and the total number of students in the sample is 812. Now we can plug these values into the formula:
Sample Proportion = 211 / 812
Calculating this, we find that the sample proportion is approximately 0.259.
Now, let's look at the answer choices:
A. 0.14
B. 0.26
C. 211
D. 0.23
The sample proportion we calculated is closest to option B, 0.26.
Therefore, the correct answer is B. 0.26.