A Simple Random Sample of Size 36 Is Selected from a Population

question 29

Short Answer

A simple random sample of size 36 is selected from a population of size 750. The sample mean is 318, and the sample standard deviation is found to be 30.
a.Estimate the standard error of the mean.
b.Develop an approximate 95% confidence interval for the population mean.

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