Lee County Georgia Weekly Wages Sampling Distribution
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In Lee County Georgia the distribution of weekly wages for workers in the construction industry is skewed to the right with mean equal to $473 (Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information, 1999). Assume the standard deviation of the distribution is $25. An economist plans to randomly sample 40 workers in Lee County and question them regarding their weekly wages.
a. Describe what is known about the distribution of x, the weekly wages of workers in the construction industry.
b. Describe the distribution of x bar.
Find P (x bar greater than or equal to $465).
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In Lee County Georgia the distribution of weekly wages for workers in the construction industry is skewed to the right with mean equal to $473 (Georgia Department of Labor, Labor Market Information, 1999). Assume the standard deviation of the distribution is $25. An economist plans to randomly sample 40 workers in Lee County and question them regarding ...
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