As a general rule, the normal distribution is used to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample proportion only if:

A) the sample size n is greater than 30
B) the sample size n is greater than 100
C) the population proportion p is close to 0.50
D) the underlying population is normal
E) np and n(1 - p) are both greater than or equal to 5

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a large number of samples drawn from a specific population, used to estimate population parameters.

Sample Proportion

The sample proportion is a statistic that estimates the proportion of elements in a population that have a certain characteristic, based on a sample from that population.

Population Proportion

A measure that represents the fraction of members in a population that have a particular property or attribute.