1) A political scientist surveys 30 of the current 150 representatives in a stat

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1) A political scientist surveys 30 of the current 150 representatives in a state's congress.
2) The city of Raleigh has 9300 registered voters. There are two candidates for city council in an upcoming election: Brown and Feliz. The day before the election, a telephone poll of 200 randomly selected registered voters was conducted. 107 said they'd vote for Brown, 91 said they'd vote for Feliz, and 2 were undecided.

Give the sample statistic for the proportion of voters surveyed who said they'd vote for Brown. Note: The proportion should be a fraction or decimal, not a percent.

Explanation / Answer

The sample statistic is simply 107/198 = 0.5404                                                                                                

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