Suppose that we will randomly select a sample of 66 measurements from a population having a mean equal to 23 and a standard deviation equal to 5.
(a) Describe the shape of the sampling distribution of the sample mean x̄. Do we need to make any assumptions about the shape of the population? Why or why not?
(b) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean x̄. (Round your ̃σ_x̄ answer to 1 decimal place.)
(c) Calculate the probability that we will obtain a sample mean greater than 24; that is, calculate P(x̄ > 24). Hint: Find the z value corresponding to 24 by using μ_x̄ and σ_x̄ because we wish to calculate a probability about x̄. (Use the rounded standard error to compute the rounded Z-score used to find the probability. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Round z-scores to 2 decimal places.)
(d) Calculate the probability that we will obtain a sample mean less than 22.183; that is, calculate P(x̄ < 22.183) (Use the rounded standard error to compute the rounded Z-score used to find the probability. Round your answer to 4 decimal places. Round z-scores to 2 decimal places.)