Illustrating the sampling distribution of mean hours of


Question: Refer to the smooth curve in Figure, illustrating the sampling distribution of mean hours of sleep for a sample of 190 college students, taken from a population of sleep hours with a mean of 7.1 hours and standard deviation of 2 hours. Explain whether each of the following would be likely if you were to take a sample of 190 students from the original population.

a. The mean hours of sleep for the 190 students would be between 8 and 9 hours.

b. The mean hours of sleep for the 190 students would be between 7 and 8 hours.

c. The number of hours of sleep reported by the first student in the sample would be between 8 and 9 hours.

d. The maximum number of hours of sleep reported by any student in the sample would be less than 8 hours.

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