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Madison County has a population of 34,522 people. The county hospital is interested in estimating the number of people in the county with blood-type A. To do this they test blood samples from 253 patients. Out of this group, 17 have blood-type A. Use this sample to estimate the number of people in Madison County with blood-type A

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QUESTION:

Madison County has a population of 34,522 people. The county hospital is interested in estimating the number of people in the county with blood-type A. To do this they test blood samples from 253 patients. Out of this group, 17 have blood-type A. Use this sample to estimate the number of people in Madison County with blood-type A

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For this method, you can estimate the size of a subpopulation within the general population by assuming it is proportional to the amount found in within a sample of the general population

Where  is population and  is the size of sub population

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