Suppose you are conducting a study to determine if women are better drivers than men. You send your survey to over 1000 students on your campus and 5 students respond that women are better drivers and 4 students respond that women are not better drivers. What is the sample proportion for women as the better drivers using the large-sample method?

555.56

Step-by-step explanation:

Purpose of the study:  To determine if women are better drivers than men.

Survey or Opinion population:  1,000

You are experimenting on 9 out of a thousand opinions.

5 of these opinions are that women are better drivers

4 of these opinions are that women are not better drivers

You want to know the sample (full sample size is 9) proportion for women as better drivers; using the large sample method. This method is also called the asymptotic method.

This involves approximating the desired statistic, with just a small fraction of the population; in this case, 9/1000.

This approximation will get more and more accurate as sample size increases and you know that a larger sample size gives a better representation and interpretation of the population preference!

So using ratio, the sample proportion for women as the better drivers is given by:

5/9 x 1000   = 555.56 opinions

x = central angle apc = measure of minor arc ac

the two angles x and 30 add to 180, so x+30 = 180 and x = 180-30 = 150. the measure of minor arc ac is 150 degrees.

what we need to do from here is find the circumference and then multiply it by x/360 since there are 360 degrees in a circle. in this case, x = 150, so x/360 = 150/360 = 15/36 = 5/12. the shortest distance along the curve from a to c is 5/12 of the distance around the entire circle (aka circumference)

c = circumference

c = pi*d

c = pi*24

c = 24pi

now multiply this by 5/12 to get

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(circumference)

distance along minor arc ac = (5/12)*(24pi)

distance along minor arc ac = 10pi

the formula you can use is

l = (x/360)*pi*d

with

l = length of minor arc

x = central angle

d = diameter

which essentially is the steps we took though a bit differently.

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