Suppose that we will randomly select a sample of 81 measurements from a population having a mean equal to 21 and a standard deviation equal to 6.
(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?
Normally distributed; no, because the sample size is large
(b) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean x̄. (Round your ̃σx̄ answer to 1 decimal place.)
μx̄: 21
σx̄: 81.0
(c) Calculate the probability that we will obtain a sample mean greater than 22; that is, calculate P( x̄ > 22). Hint: Find the z value corresponding to 22 by using μx̄ and σx̄ 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.)
P(x̄ > 22)
(d) Calculate the probability that we will obtain a sample mean less than 20.458; that is, calculate P( x̄ < 20.458) (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.)
P(x̄ < 20.458)