Suppose that the average pop song length in America is 4 minutes with a standard deviation of 1.25 minutes. It is known that song length is not normally distributed. Suppose a sample of 25 songs is
Taken from the population. What is the approximate probability that the average song length will
Be less than 3.5 minutes? Round to the nearest thousandth.
A) 0.345
B) 0.477
C) 0.023
D) 0.155

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The Central Limit Theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normal if the sample size is large enough (n ≥ 30 is a common rule of thumb). However, with n = 25, it's still reasonable to use the normal approximation. The standard error is 1.25/√25 = 0.25. The z-score for 3.5 is (3.5 - 4) / 0.25 = -2. The probability of a z-score being less than -2 is approximately 0.023.

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