Do you feel the central-limit theorem is applicable for samples of size 5 from this population? Explain.

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Do you feel the central-limit theorem is applicable for samples of size 5 from this population? Explain.


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Figure 6.4b (p. 172) plotted the sampling distribution of the mean from 200 samples of size 5 from the population of 1000 birth-weights given in Table 6.2. The mean of the 1000 birth-weights in Table 6.2 is 112.0 oz with standard deviation 20.6 oz.

Table 6.2: Sample of birth-weights (oz) obtained from 1000 consecutive deliveries at Boston City Hospital

 ID Numbers 0 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 116 124 119 100 127 103 140 000-019 82 107 132 100 92 76 129 138 128 11

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