A University Has 1,000 Computers Available for Students to Use

question 19

Essay

A university has 1,000 computers available for students to use. Each computer has a 250-gigabyte hard drive. The university wants to estimate the space occupied on the hard drives. A random sample of 100 computers showed a mean of 115 gigabytes used with a standard deviation of 20 gigabytes. What is the standard error of the mean?

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Definitions:

Payroll Payable

Liabilities for wages owed but not yet paid to employees for work performed within a defined period.

Estimated Overhead Application Rate

A calculation used to estimate the amount of overhead to allocate to each unit of production or service, based on a pre-determined base.

Raw Materials

The basic, unprocessed inputs used in manufacturing to produce finished goods.

Accounts Payable

Amounts owed to creditors that result from the purchase of goods or services on account—a liability.