According to a recent​ survey, the population distribution of number of years of education for​ self-employed individuals in a certain region has a mean of 13.8 and a standard deviation of 2.7. a. Identify the random variable X whose distribution is described here. b. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of x for a random sample of size 81. Interpret them. c. Repeat​ (b) for n=324. Describe the effect of increasing n.

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According to a recent​ survey, the population distribution of number of years of education for​ self-employed individuals in a certain region has a mean of 13.8 and a standard deviation of 2.7.
a. Identify the random variable X whose distribution is described here.
b. Find the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of
x for a random sample of size 81.
Interpret them.
c. Repeat​ (b) for
n=324.
Describe the effect of increasing n.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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