2. Suppose over several years of offering AP Statistics, a high school finds that final exam scores are normally distributed with a mean of 78 and a standard deviation of 6. A. What are the mean, standard deviation, and shape of the distribution of x-bar for n

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Answer:

By the Central Limit Theorem, the mean is 78, the standard deviation is [tex]s = \frac{6}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex] and the shape is approximately normal.

Step-by-step explanation:

Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem establishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex], the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex].

For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.

Mean of 78 and a standard deviation of 6

This means that [tex]\mu = 78, \sigma = 6[/tex]

Samples of n:

This means that the standard deviation is:

[tex]s = \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}} = \frac{6}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]

What are the mean, standard deviation, and shape of the distribution of x-bar for n?

By the Central Limit Theorem, the mean is 78, the standard deviation is [tex]s = \frac{6}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex] and the shape is approximately normal.