Introductory Statistics 9th Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.3 - Shape of the Sampling Distribution of x - Exercises - Page 288: 7.19

Answer

According to the central limit theorem, for a large sample size, the sampling distribution of $\bar{x}\ $ is approximately normal, irrespective of the shape of the population distribution. The mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of $\bar{x}\ $ are, respectively, $\mu_{\bar{x}}$ = $\mu$ and $\sigma _\bar{x}\ $ = $ σ /\sqrt n $.

Work Step by Step

According to the central limit theorem, for a large sample size, the sampling distribution of $\bar{x}\ $ is approximately normal, irrespective of the shape of the population distribution. The mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of $\bar{x}\ $ are, respectively, $\mu_{\bar{x}}$ = $\mu$ and $\sigma _\bar{x}\ $ = $ σ /\sqrt n $.
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