The assets in billions of dollars of the four wealthiest peo
The assets (in billions of dollars) of the four wealthiest people in a particular country arc 45, 29, 23, 18. Assume that samples of size 2 are randomly selected with replacement from this population of four values. After listing the possible samples and finding the mean of each sample, use a table to describe the sampling distribution of the sample means.
Solution
Consider:
Counting the frequencies of each mean and dividing each by 16,
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| x1 | x2 | xbar |
| 45 | 45 | 45 |
| 45 | 29 | 37 |
| 45 | 23 | 34 |
| 45 | 18 | 31.5 |
| 29 | 45 | 37 |
| 29 | 29 | 29 |
| 29 | 23 | 26 |
| 29 | 18 | 23.5 |
| 23 | 45 | 34 |
| 23 | 29 | 26 |
| 23 | 23 | 23 |
| 23 | 18 | 20.5 |
| 18 | 45 | 31.5 |
| 18 | 29 | 23.5 |
| 18 | 23 | 20.5 |
| 18 | 18 | 18 |
