Consider a Large Population with a Mean of 150 and a Standard

question 9

Multiple Choice

Consider a large population with a mean of 150 and a standard deviation of 27. A random sample of size 36 is taken from this population. The standard error of the sampling distribution of sample mean is equal to:

• A) 4.17
• B) 4.50
• C) 5.20
• D) 5.56
• E) 6.00

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