The owner of a fish market has an assistant who has determined that the weights of catfish are
Normally distributed, with mean of 3.2 pounds and standard deviation of 0.8 pound.If a sample of
16 fish is taken, what would the standard error of the mean weight equal?
A) 0.003
B) 0.050
C) 0.200
D) 0.800

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The standard error of the mean is calculated by dividing the standard deviation by the square root of the sample size: 0.8 / √16 = 0.2.

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