A college president says, “99% of the alumni support my firing of Coach Boggs.” You contact an SRS of 200 of the college’s 15,000 living alumni and find that 66 of them support firing the coach. What...

A college president says, “99% of the alumni support my firing of Coach Boggs.” You contact an SRS of 200 of the college’s 15,000 living alumni and find that 66 of them support firing the coach.

1. What population does the inference concern here?


2. Explain clearly what the population proportion p is in this setting.


3. What is the numerical value of the sample proportion ˆp ?