Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

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    nameuva-standard-deviation-339-en
    sectionDescriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Spread/Standard Deviation
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE
    TypeCalculation
    LanguageEnglish
    LevelStatistical Literacy
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    p-value0.0181

    Question

    Suppose that in a certain population a variable has an expectation of 20 and a variance of 100. We now randomly draw a sample of 25 independent observations from this population. Then the standard deviation of the sample mean is equal to


    1. FALSE: 0.4
    2. TRUE: 2
    3. FALSE: 4
    4. FALSE: 20

    1. 0.4: Incorrect
    2. 2: Correct
    3. 4: Incorrect
    4. 20: Incorrect