In order to estimate the ratio of men to women of voting age in a given congress

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In order to estimate the ratio of men to women of voting age in a given congressional district a pollster determines the proportion to females in a sample drawn from individuals of  voting age within the district. The resulting proportion is a: Population Parameter Sample Point estimate None of the above. Adult female heights are normally distributed with a POPULATION mean of 64.4 inches and a POPULATION standard deviation of 2.5 inches. If a large number of samples of size 36 are chosen from this population, what is the mean, standard deviation and shape of the sampling distribution of the mean female height? Mean= Standard Deviation= Distribution shape= Find the Probability that given 1 random sample of size 30 is chosen, the mean height of this sample will exceed 63.5 inches.

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4) HERE WE HAVE TO FOUND THE PROPORTION OF MALES TO THE FEMALES IN A DISTRICT WE HAVE TAKEN OUT A SAMPLE FROM THE POPULATION OF THE DISTRICT , THE OUTCOME OF THE PROPORTION WILL BE A POINT ESTIMATE AS IT WILL BE THE VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARAMETER

HENCE OPTION D IS CORECT.

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