Find the Standard Error of the Mean

question 1

Multiple Choice

Find the standard error of the mean.
-A small business ships specialty homemade candies to anywhere in the world. Past
Records indicate that the weight of orders is normally distributed. Suppose a random
Sample of 16 orders is selected and each is weighed. The sample mean was found to be
110 grams with a standard deviation of 14 grams. The standard error of the mean is

• A) 14 grams
• B) 0.875 grams
• C) .35 grams
• D) 3.5 grams
• E) 27.5 grams

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Definitions:

Normal Time

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