The union representing the Bottle Blowers of America BBA is

The union representing the Bottle Blowers of America (BBA) is considering a proposal to merge with the Teamsters Union. According to BBA union bylaws, at least three-fourths of the union membership must approve any merger. A random sample of 2,000 current BBA members  reveals 1,600 plan to vote for the merger proposal. What is the estimate of the population proportion? __________________

Solution

Note that the point estimate is simply

p^ = x/n

where x = the number of approvals
n = sample size

Thus,

p^ = 1600/2000 = 0.8 [answer]