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Mean Salary in Order to Estimate the Mean Salary for a for a Population

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Mean Salary
In order to estimate the mean salary for a population of 500 employees,the president of a certain company selected at random a sample of 40 employees. ​ ​
-{Mean Salary Narrative} If the population standard deviation is $800,compute the standard error both with and without using the finite population correction factor.


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Anchoring and Adjustment Bias

A cognitive bias where an individual relies too heavily on an initial piece of information (anchor) when making decisions, even if it is unrelated or irrelevant.

Availability Bias

A cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance of information that is readily available to them.

Confirmation Error

A cognitive bias where individuals favor information that confirms their existing beliefs or hypotheses.

Representativeness Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals incorrectly assess the likelihood of an event based on how closely it resembles their stereotypes of a category.

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