Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
    fileInferential_Statistics_uva-sample-mean-1372-en_uva-sample-mean-1372-en
    nameuva-sample-mean-1372-en
    sectionInferential Statistics/Sampling Distributions/Sample mean
    typeschoice
    solutionFALSE, FALSE, TRUE, FALSE
    TypeConceptual
    LanguageEnglish
    LevelStatistical Literacy
    IRT-Difficulty-0.421
    p-value0.9371

    Question

    30,000 telephone calls from the ICT department have a distribution with a mean duration of 173.9 seconds and a standard deviation of 184.8 seconds. You take 16 random samples, each of 80 calls. What then is the sample mean?


    1. FALSE: 2.2 seconds
    2. FALSE: 10.9 seconds
    3. TRUE: 173.9 seconds
    4. FALSE: 184.8 seconds

    1. 2.2 seconds: Incorrect
    2. 10.9 seconds: Incorrect
    3. 173.9 seconds: Correct
    4. 184.8 seconds: Incorrect