The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 17 - Tests of Significance: The Basics - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 399: 17.8a

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$x$ has a normal distribution, so the sampling distribution of the sample mean $\overline{x}$ is also normal. The sampling distribution of the sample mean has a mean $\mu=0$ and a standard deviation of $\sigma_{\overline{x}}=\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt n}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}\approx0.316$
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