Instruction 7.1 Times Spent Studying by Students in the Week Before Final

question 92

Short Answer

Instruction 7.1
Times spent studying by students in the week before final exams follow a normal distribution with a standard deviation of 8 hours. A random sample of 4 students was taken in order to estimate the mean study time for the population of all students.
-Referring to Instruction 7.1,what is the probability that the sample mean exceeds the population mean by more than 2 hours?

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Definitions:

Reaction Formation

Reaction formation is a defensive process wherein unacceptable emotions or impulses are turned into their opposites to avoid conscious recognition.

Sublimation

A psychological defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior.

Projecting

A defense mechanism where one attributes one's own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to others.

Identifying

The process of recognizing and labeling specific elements or characteristics as belonging to a certain category.