Value of the proportion of successes for sample

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Each student in a sample of 20 seniors at a particular university was asked if he or she was registered to vote. With R denoting registered and N denoting not registered, the sample data are:

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a. If being registered to vote is considered a "success," what is the value of the proportion of successes for this sample?

b. When would it be reasonable to generalize from this sample to the population of all seniors at this university?

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