One-Thousand Professors Each Estimate the Average Number of Books Read

question 25

Short Answer

One-thousand professors each estimate the average number of books read last year by students by asking 500 randomly-selected students. The distribution of results from the 1,000 samples has a mean of 10 books and a standard error of 1 book. Of the 1000 professors, what percent will probably get an estimate
A) Above 12 books? __________
B) Between 10 and 12 books? __________
C) Below 10 books? __________
D) Is this problem about a frequency distribution or a sampling distribution? (frequency / sampling)

• A) Above 12 books? __________
• B) Between 10 and 12 books? __________
• C) Below 10 books? __________
• D) Is this problem about a frequency distribution or a sampling distribution? (frequency / sampling)

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