Elephants are the mammals with the longest gestation period. One species of elephant has a mean gestation period of 635 days and a standard deviation of 63 days. If you were to decrease the number of samples taken to 35 (instead of 42), what would be the effect on the standard error of the sampling distribution? The standard error would (choose the correct answer) a. decrease Ob. cannot tell from given information. c. stay the same d. increase Assume that a random sample of 42 elephants was taken.

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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Elephants are the mammals with the longest gestation period. One species of elephant has a mean gestation period of 635 days and a standard deviation of 63 days.
If you were to decrease the number of samples taken to 35 (instead of 42), what would be the effect on the standard error of the sampling distribution?
The standard error would
(choose the correct answer)
O a. decrease
O b. cannot tell from given information.
c. stay the same
Od, increase
Assume that a random sample of 42 elephants was taken.
Transcribed Image Text:Elephants are the mammals with the longest gestation period. One species of elephant has a mean gestation period of 635 days and a standard deviation of 63 days. If you were to decrease the number of samples taken to 35 (instead of 42), what would be the effect on the standard error of the sampling distribution? The standard error would (choose the correct answer) O a. decrease O b. cannot tell from given information. c. stay the same Od, increase Assume that a random sample of 42 elephants was taken.
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