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6.1
Consider the following data to be a population of N=20 values

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5 3 2 6 6 7 3 3 6 7
7 9 7 5 3 12 6 10 7 2
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a. Compute the population mean
b. A random sample of n=6 produced the following numbers: 6,12,10,3,2,2. Find the sample mean and determine the sampling error for this sample.
c. Find the range of extreme sampling error for a sample of 6. (Hint: Find the lowest possible sample mean and highest possible sample mean)

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