Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321989178
Author: Neil A. Weiss
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.3, Problem 69E
Teacher Salaries. Data on salaries in the public school system are published annually in Ranking of the States and Estimates of School Statistics by the National Education Association. The
- a. Determine the sampling distribution of the sample mean for
samples of size 64. Interpret your answer in terms of the distribution of all possible sample mean salaries for samples of 64 classroom teachers. - b. Repeat part (a) for samples of size 256.
- c. Do you need to assume that classroom teacher salaries are
normally distributed to answer parts (a) and (b)? Explain your answer. - d. What is the probability that the sampling error made in estimating the population mean salary of all classroom teachers by the mean salary of a sample of 64 classroom teachers will be at most $1000?
- e. Repeat part (d) for samples of size 256.
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