Question 561 • English Language Arts 10 - Second Semester
In a large high school, 18% of sophomores and 67% of seniors have part-time jobs. Suppose random samples of 32 sophomores and 31 seniors from this high school are asked if they have a part-time job. Let and be the sample proportions of sophomores and seniors, respectively, who have part-time jobs.Which of the following is the correct shape and justification of the sampling distribution of ?
Answer
A
bimodal because one population proportion is centered at 0.18, while the other is centered at 0.67
B
approximately Normal because the expected numbers of successes and failures for each sample are all at least 10
C
not approximately Normal because the expected numbers of successes and failures for each sample are all at least 10
D
not approximately Normal because the expected numbers of successes and failures for the sophomores group are not both at least 10