Question

The FBI wants to determine the effectiveness of their 1010 Most Wanted list. To do so, they need to find out the fraction of people who appear on the list that are actually caught.

Step 1 of 2 :  

Suppose a sample of 246 suspected criminals is drawn. Of these people, 108 were captured. Using the data, estimate the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list. Enter your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to three decimal places.

Answer 1

Solution:

Given: a sample of 246 suspected criminals is drawn. Of these people, 108 were captured.

Thus sample size = n = 246 and

x = number people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list = 108

We have to estimate the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list.

Formula:

Thus the the proportion of people who were caught after being on the 10 Most Wanted list =