You select a random sample of 110 people at a medical convention attended by 1 comma 657 people. Within your sample, you find that 75 people have traveled from abroad. Based on this sample statistic, estimate how many people at the convention traveled from abroad. Would you be more confident of your estimate if you sampled 300 people?
Total number of people at the convention = 1657
Sample size = 110
Number of people travelled from abroad = 75
Proportion of people travelled from abroad based on sample = Number of people travelled from abroad /Sample size = 75/110 = 0.6818
Number of people travelled from abroad at the convention = Proportion of people travelled from abroad based on sample*Total number of people at the convention = 0.6818*1657 = 1130
Yes, the sample of 300 would have give more precise answer as the sample size increase the precision increase.
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