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Introductory Statistics
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Introductory Statistics

Introductory Statistics

Book edition OER 2018
Author(s) Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Pages 902 pages
ISBN 9781938168208

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The mean age for all Foothill College students for a recent Fall term was 33.2. The population standard deviation has been pretty consistent at 15. Suppose that twenty-five Winter students were randomly selected. The mean age for the sample was 30.4. We are interested in the true mean age for Winter Foothill College students. Let X= the age of a Winter Foothill College student.

In words, define the random variable X¯.

X¯ is the mean.

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Step 1: Given Information

The mean age for all Foothill College students for a recent Fall term was 33.2. The population standard deviation has been pretty consistent at 15. The mean age for the sample was 30.4.

Step 2: Explanation

The mean is the average of a data set. The sample mean symbol is X¯ , pronounced “x bar”. The sample mean is an average value found in a sample.

The mean age for the sample of twenty-five Winter students is X¯=30.4

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