Question

What does population proportion tell us about the population?

Answer 1

The population proportion tell us the proportion of the attributes ( characteristic of the thinks) in a population.

Let's discuss population proportion through an example.

Suppose we want to find the proportion of smoker in a city.

Then the population include every person of that city.

then we need to find the number of persons (in that city ) who are smokers.

Then the proportion of smokers in that city is equal to the ratio of the total number smokers to the total number of persons.

which tell us the proportion of the smokers in the city.