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# 4.3 Approximating Sample Proportion Distribution

#### Approximating Sample Proportion Distribution

• Previously in 4.2 Distribution of Sample Proportion, we have seen that we can assume the distribution of a sample proportion. With that said, since each random sample we use will be different for each experiment, it is almost certain that the sample proportion will be different each time.
• For instance, suppose there are 55% male, 45% female in Australia. However, we do not know this, and we want to test for the proportion of males to females in Australia. A random sample of 100 people is chosen and apparently 58 of them is male, hence \hat{p}=0.58. Repeat the process again, this time we have 44 males, therefore \hat{p}=0.44. Repeat the experiment 200 times, and we would have something like this:
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