Question

În 2017, the Pew Research Center published the results of a survey on gun ownership. A random sample of 3930 American

adults aged 18 years and older participated in this survey. Of these 3930 individuals, 1269 individuals reported that they
owned at least one gun. Of these self-reported gun owners, 850 said the reason they owned a gun was for protection. Based on
this information, determine the sample proportion, p, of gun owners from this survey who own a gun for protection.
(Use decimal notation. Give your answer to three decimal places.)

Answer 1

Your answer will be

Answer 2

The sample proportion, p, of gun owners who own gun for protection is 0.67

Explanation:

The information given are;

The sample size = 3930

The number of individuals who reported that they owned guns at least on gun = 1269

The number of the self reported gun owners that said the reason they owned gun for protection = 850

The sample proportion, p, of gun owners who own gun for protection is given as follows;

p = (The number of the self reported gun owners that said the reason they owned gun for protection )/(The number of individuals who reported that they owned guns at least on gun)

p = 850/1269 = 0.6698 ≈ 0.670 (to three decimal places)

Therefore, the sample proportion, p, of gun owners who own gun for protection = 0.67.