Given a Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean

question 203

Multiple Choice

Given a sampling distribution of the sample mean, , that is normally distributed and has a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 8, to which of the following does a sample mean of 40 correspond?

• A) a z value of -1.25
• B) a z value of +1.25
• C) a sample size of 120
• D) a sample size of 300

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