Asked by EHTISHAM NISAR on Sep 28, 2024
The owner of a fish market has an assistant who has determined that the weights of catfish are normally distributed,with a mean of 3.2 pounds and standard deviation of 0.84 pounds.If a sample of 16 fish is taken,what is the standard error of the mean weight?
A) 0.840
B) 0.053
C) 0.210
D) None of these choices.
Standard Error
The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the accuracy of an estimate.
- Use the formula for the standard error of the mean to compute probabilities pertaining to sample means from unlimited populations.
Learning Objectives
- Use the formula for the standard error of the mean to compute probabilities pertaining to sample means from unlimited populations.