A greenhouse in a tri-county area has kept track of its customers for the last several years and has determined that it has about 10,000 regular customers. Of those customers, 28% of them plant a vegetable garden in the spring. The greenhouse obtains a random sample of 800 of its customers. Is it safe to assume that the sampling distribution of, the sample proportion of customers that plant a vegetable garden, is approximately normal? Answer Yes or No.

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Heidi Chavez

10 June, 12:57

A greenhouse in a tri-county area has kept track of its customers for the last several years and has determined that it has about 10,000 regular customers. Of those customers, 28% of them plant a vegetable garden in the spring. The greenhouse obtains a random sample of 800 of its customers. Is it safe to assume that the sampling distribution of, the sample proportion of customers that plant a vegetable garden, is approximately normal? Answer Yes or No.

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Terrence Duncan · Answer 1

No

Step-by-step explanation:

N = 10,000

n = 800

p =.28

Sampling distribution drawn from specific population. So it is not safe to assume that sampling proportion of customers is approximately normal.