A Sample of N = 16 Scores Is Obtained from a Population

question 55

Multiple Choice

A sample of n = 16 scores is obtained from a population with μ = 50 and σ = 16.If the sample mean is M = 54,then what is the z-score for the sample mean?

• A)z = 4.00
• B)z = 1.00
• C)z = 0.50
• D)z = 0.25

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