The assets​ (in billions of​ dollars) of the four wealthiest people in a particular country are 46, 26, 23, 13. Assume that samples of size n=2 are randomly selected with replacement from this population of four values. a. After identifying the 16 different possible samples and finding the mean of each​ sample, construct a table representing the sampling distribution of the sample mean. In the​ table, values of the sample mean that are the same have been combined.

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The assets​ (in billions of​ dollars) of the four wealthiest people in a particular country are
46, 26, 23, 13.
Assume that samples of size
n=2
are randomly selected with replacement from this population of four values.
a. After identifying the 16 different possible samples and finding the mean of each​ sample, construct a table representing the sampling distribution of the sample mean. In the​ table, values of the sample mean that are the same have been combined.
 
x
Probability
 
x
Probability
46
nothing
 
24.5
nothing
36
nothing
 
23
nothing
34.5
nothing
 
19.5
nothing
29.5
nothing
 
18
nothing
26
nothing
 
13
nothing
​(Type integers or​ fractions.)
b. Compare the mean of the population to the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean.
 
The mean of the​ population,
nothing​,
is
 
greater than
less than
equal to
the mean of the sample​ means,
nothing.
​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)
c. Do the sample means target the value of the population​ mean? In​ general, do sample means make good estimates of population​ means? Why or why​ not?
 
The sample means
 
do not target
target
the population mean. In​ general, sample means
 
do not
do
make good estimates of population means because the mean is
 
an unbiased
a biased
estimator.
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