Question

Suppose that a study of elementary school students reports that the mean age at which children begin reading is 5.8 years with a standard deviation of 0.7 years. (2 pts) Step 1. If a sampling distribution is created using samples of the ages at which 61 children begin reading, what would be the mean of the sampling distribution of sample means

Answer 1

Answer:

5.8 years

Step-by-step explanation:

The sampling distribution of the sample means has a mean that is equal to mean of the population from which the sample has been drawn.

study of elementary school students reports that the mean age at which children begin reading is 5.8 years with a standard deviation of 0.7 years.

This means the population mean is

$\mu = 5.8 \: years$

and the population standard deviation is

$\sigma = 0.7 \: years$

If a sampling distribution is created using samples of the ages at which 61 children begin reading, the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be

$5.8 \: years$