• 2022-06-07
    中国大学MOOC: A population distribution is normal with a mean of 18 and standard deviation of 4. A sample of 16 observations is selected and a sample mean computed. What is the probability that the sample mean is more than 18?
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      As a general rule, the normal distribution is used to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample mean only if

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      The difference between the sample mean and the population mean is called the: A: population deviation. B: population standard deviation. C: standard error of the mean. D: sampling error.

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      The difference between the sample mean and the population mean is called the sampling error.

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      Which of the following is true about the sampling distribution of the sample mean? A: The mean of the sampling distribution is always μ. B: The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is always σ. C: The shape of the sampling distribution is always approximately normal. D: D) All the alternatives are correct

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      2.Which of the following about the normal distribution is NOT true A: Theoretically, the mean, median, and mode are the same. B: About 2/3 of the observations fall within ±1 standard deviation from the mean. C: It is a discrete probability distribution. D: Its parameters are the mean, μ, and standard deviation, σ.