Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
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    nameuva-standard-deviation-551-en
    sectionDescriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Spread/Standard Deviation
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, TRUE, FALSE, FALSE
    TypeCalculation
    LanguageEnglish
    LevelStatistical Literacy
    IRT-Difficulty4.483
    p-value0.0196

    Question

    Given that y is a stochastic variable with mean 50 and sd 6. We take a sample of 4 realizations of this y. The standard deviation of the sample mean (sd) is then equal to


    1. FALSE: 1.5
    2. TRUE: 3
    3. FALSE: 9
    4. FALSE: 18

    1. 1.5: Incorrect
    2. 3: Correct
    3. 9: Incorrect
    4. 18: Incorrect