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Given the following sampling distribution:
X 0 3 7 14 19
P(X)2⁄25 1⁄100 3⁄50 1⁄25 ___
(i) What is the
(ii) What is the standard deviation of this sampling distribution?
a) (i) 16.40 (ii) 34.32
b) (i) 16.40 (ii) 5.86
c) (i) 8.60 (ii) 5.86
d) (i) 0.42 (ii) 34.32
e) (i) 0.42 (ii) 5.86
f) None of the above
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