For the samples described in Exercise 6, the sample means will vary less than the original incomes.

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For the samples described in Exercise 6, the sample means will vary less than the original incomes.

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Exercise 6

The distribution of incomes of adults is a rightskewed distribution. Therefore, if we select many samples of 64 incomes at random from this distribution, the means of these samples will also have a right-skewed distribution.

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Statistical Reasoning For Everyday Life

ISBN: 978-0134494043

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Authors: Jeff Bennett, William Briggs, Mario Triola

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