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Chapter 6: Q1 (page 272)

Requirements A researcher collects a simple random sample of grade-point averages of statistics students, and she calculates the mean of this sample. Under what conditions can that sample mean be treated as a value from a population having a normal distribution?

Short Answer

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If one of the following conditions is met, then the sample mean can be considered to come from a normally distributed population:

  • It should be clearly stated that the sample from which the sample is extracted is normally distributed.
  • The sample should have more than 30 observations.

Step by step solution

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Given information

A simple random sample of grade-point averages of statistics students is considered.

The mean of this sample is calculated.

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Requirements under which sample mean is considered to follow the normal distribution

One of the following requirements must be fulfilled for the computed sample mean to be treated as a value from a normally distributed population\.

  • It should be mentioned that the population ofgrade-point averages of statistics students from which the sample is selected, isnormally distributed.
  • The sample size should be greater than 30.

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