9
QuizMultiple Choice

Calculating Probabilities for Sampling Distribution

Question 9 • EHS Content Recovery - Probability and Statistics - Part C

At a certain high school, 38% of freshmen and 31% of sophomores walk to school. Suppose that random samples of 40 freshmen and 45 sophomores are chosen. Let S = the proportion of sophomores who walk to school and F = the proportion of freshmen who walk to school. What is the probability that the proportion of sophomores who walk to school is greater than the proportion of freshmen?Find the z-table here.

Answer
A
0.248
B
0.277
C
0.679
D
0.752
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