Wiley Publications has determined that out of a sample of 7,831 of its publications for 2012, 1,157 of them had been pirated online in some form. What is the estimate of the pop…

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Rui Nunes · Answer 1 · 2021-01-10T16:43:33+0000

Answer:

Estimate of the population proportion
$\mathbf{\widehat{(P)}}$ = 0.147

Explanation:

Given -

Wiley Publications has determined that out of a sample of 7,831 of its publications for 2012, 1,157 of them had been pirated online in some form.

Let x be the no of publication had been pirated online in some form.

x = 1157

n = 7831

Population proportion
$\boldsymbol{\widehat{P} = (x)/(n)}$

=
(1157)/(7831)

= 0.147