In: Statistics and Probability
A particular population, for which the frequency curve is bell-shaped (normal), has a mean of μ=100 and a standard deviation of σ=18. For samples of size n=36 consider the sampling distribution of the sample mean ("xbar").
Note that 18 36=3 and that
According to the empirical rule, approximately _____ percent of samples of size 36 will produce a sample mean between 97 and 103.
Group of answer choices
99.7
90
95
68
None of the other choices represent a suitable response.