Question

Suppose the population mean of a sample of the nest counts is 28 examples of 6" - 9" nestlings with a standard deviation of 3. Which of the following would be a reasonable inference to make about the sample?



A) The population and the sample statistics should be the same.

B) The population statistics over-counted the number of nestlings.

C) The sample represents the population.

D) The sample undercounts the population of nestlings.

Answer 1

@Michele_Laino help

Answer 2

@SolomonZelman help

Answer 3

@mathmate

Answer 4

sorry what are 6" and 9"?

Answer 5

6 inches through 9 inches

Answer 6

The mean is either a population mean which is usually unknown, or a sample mean, which is the mean of the 28 observations.
Not sure what is "Suppose the \(population~mean~of~a~sample\)... "