A Researcher Wants to Estimate the Proportion of the Population

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to estimate the proportion of the population which possesses a given characteristic.A random sample of size 800 is taken resulting in 360 items which possess the characteristic.The point estimate for this population proportion is _______.

A) 0.55
B) 0.45
C) 0.35
D) 0.65
E) 0.70