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A hospital readmission is an episode when a patient who has been discharged from a hospital is readmitted again within a certain time period. Nationally the readmission rate for patients with pneumonia is 13%. A hospita
was interested in knowing whether their readmission rate for pneumonia was less than the national percentage. They found 7 patients out of 80 treated for
pneumonia in a two-month period were readmitted. Complete
parts (a) through (d) below.
a. What is p, the sample proportion of readmission?
P
(Type an integer or a decimal. Round to three decimal places as needed.)