if 5 students in carla’s sample say they plan to vote for James in the school election. how many students in the entire school do you expect will vote for James. Explain how you find your answer

Answer 1

To find the expected number of students in the entire school who will vote for James, we first need to determine the proportion of students in Carla's sample who plan to vote for James. The proportion is found by dividing the number of students in Carla's sample who will vote for James (5) by the total number of students in her sample (5).

Proportion of students in Carla's sample who will vote for James = 5/5 = 1

Next, we need to apply this proportion to the total number of students in the entire school to estimate the number of students who will vote for James.

Let's say there are a total of N students in the entire school. Therefore, the estimated number of students who will vote for James in the entire school can be calculated as follows:

Number of students in the entire school who will vote for James = Proportion of students in Carla's sample who will vote for James x Total number of students in the entire school = 1 x N = N

Therefore, based on the sample of 5 students who plan to vote for James, we can estimate that N students in the entire school will vote for James.