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the weight of people in a certain population are normally distributed with a mean of 158...
the weight of people in a certain population are normally distributed with a mean of 158 lbs and a standard deviation of 24lbs. find the the mean and standard error of the mean for this sampling distribution when using random samples of size 5
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Answer #1
Let X be the weight of people in a certain population(in lbs).
Therefore,
A random sample of size n=5 is chosen.
The mean of the sampling distribution of sample mean is given by:
lbs.
The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of sample mean is:
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