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1. Suppose a sample of n = 50 items is drawn from a population of manufactured products and the weight, X, of each item is recorded. Prior experience has shown that the weight has a probability distribution with mean = 6 ounces and standard deviation= 2.5 ounces. Which of the following is true about the sampling distribution of the sample mean if a sample of size 15 is selected?
a) The mean of the sampling distribution is 6 ounces.
b) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution is 2.5 ounces.
c) The shape of the sample distribution is approximately normal.
d) All of the above are correct.

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2. 10. Major league baseball salaries averaged $1.5 million with a standard deviation of $0.8 million in 1994. Suppose a sample of 100 major league players was taken. Find the approximate probability that the average salary of the 100 players exceeded $1 million.

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(1) A is true because the mean of the sampling distribution (of all samples) tends to the population mean as n increases.

B is not true. The standard deviation of the sample is not necessarily equal to the ...

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