{"id":1131,"date":"2023-06-22T01:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T01:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/inference-basics-background-youll-need-3\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T02:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:33:06","slug":"inference-basics-background-youll-need-3","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/inference-basics-background-youll-need-3\/","title":{"raw":"Module 8: Background You'll Need 3","rendered":"Module 8: Background You&#8217;ll Need 3"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Calculate sample proportions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Proportions<\/h2>\r\n<p>Let's explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Statistics+Exemplar\/Data+Set+Files\/School_Diversity_FINAL.xlsx\">School_Diversity<\/a> data set.<\/p>\r\n<p>The spreadsheet contains school diversity data from [latex]28[\/latex] school districts in Nebraska. The data make up a subset of the larger data set about school diversity.<\/p>\r\n<p>[reveal-answer q=\"582443\"]Variables in the data set[\/reveal-answer]<br \/>\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"582443\"]<\/p>\r\n<p>The [latex]11[\/latex] variables in the data set are defined as:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><em>State<\/em>: NE<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Location Type: <\/em>Type of school district location: \u201ctown-distant,\u201d \u201ccity-small,\u201d \u201ctown-fringe,\u201d \u201csuburban-large,\u201d or \u201ccity-large\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>School Year<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>AIAN<\/em>: American Indian and Alaska Native proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Asian<\/em>: Asian proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Black<\/em>: Black proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Hispanic<\/em>: Hispanic proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>White<\/em>: White proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Multi<\/em>: Multi-ethnic proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Total<\/em>: Total student body count<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Diverse<\/em>: Diversity rating (diverse, undiverse, or extremely undiverse)[\/hidden-answer]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<section class=\"textbox recall\"><strong>Proportion<\/strong> is a ratio between the number of times an event of interest occurred divided by the total.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nProportion in statistics is mostly known as the <strong>relative frequency<\/strong> of an event.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nProportion can be written in fractions, decimals, or percentages.<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]1559[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>\r\n<section class=\"textbox tryIt\">[ohm2_question hide_question_numbers=1]2776[\/ohm2_question]<\/section>","rendered":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\n<ul>\n<li>Calculate sample proportions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Proportions<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Statistics+Exemplar\/Data+Set+Files\/School_Diversity_FINAL.xlsx\">School_Diversity<\/a> data set.<\/p>\n<p>The spreadsheet contains school diversity data from [latex]28[\/latex] school districts in Nebraska. 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