Math  /  Data & Statistics

QuestionGet an education: A survey asked 32,126 people how much confidence they had in educational institutions. The results were as follows. Round your answers to four decimal places if necessary. \begin{tabular}{lr} \hline \multicolumn{1}{c}{ Response } & Number \\ \hline A great deal & 10,022 \\ Some & 17,813 \\ Hardly any & 4291 \\ \hline Total & 32,126 \end{tabular} Send data to Excel
Part 1 of 3 (a) What is the probability that a sampled person has either a great deal or hardly any confidence in educational institutions?
The probability that a sampled person has either a great deal or hardly any confidence in educational institutions is 0.4455 .
Part: 1 / 3
Part 2 of 3 (b) Assume this is a simple random sample from a population. Use the Empirical Method to estimate the probability that a person has hardly any confidence in educational institutions.
Using the Empirical Method the probability is approximately \square .

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

1. The survey results are based on a simple random sample.
2. The Empirical Method involves using the relative frequency of an event to estimate its probability.

STEP 2

1. Identify the relevant data for the probability calculation.
2. Calculate the probability using the Empirical Method.

STEP 3

Identify the number of people who have "hardly any" confidence in educational institutions:
Number with hardly any confidence=4291 \text{Number with hardly any confidence} = 4291

STEP 4

Calculate the probability using the Empirical Method. The probability is the ratio of the number of people with "hardly any" confidence to the total number of respondents.
P(hardly any confidence)=Number with hardly any confidenceTotal number of respondents P(\text{hardly any confidence}) = \frac{\text{Number with hardly any confidence}}{\text{Total number of respondents}}
P(hardly any confidence)=429132126 P(\text{hardly any confidence}) = \frac{4291}{32126}

STEP 5

Perform the division and round the result to four decimal places.
P(hardly any confidence)4291321260.1336 P(\text{hardly any confidence}) \approx \frac{4291}{32126} \approx 0.1336
The probability that a person has hardly any confidence in educational institutions is approximately:
0.1336 \boxed{0.1336}

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