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document.write( "A population of scores forms a normal distribution with a mean of μ = 80 and σ =20. Is it atypical to get a mean of 84 in a sample of n=4 scores? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This z score is not larger than z = 3, so it is not atypical (aka unusual) to have a sample of 4 scores lead to a sample mean of 84<BR>\n" );
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