SOLUTION: 600 students took a chemistry test. You sampled 100 students to estimate the average score and the standard deviation. How many degrees of freedom were there in the estimation of t

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Question 1097420: 600 students took a chemistry test. You sampled 100 students to estimate the average score and the standard deviation. How many degrees of freedom were there in the estimation of the standard deviation?
Please Justify Answer
(a) 599
(b) 600
(c) 99
(d) 100
Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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degrees of freedom(DF) = sample size - 1
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DF = 100 -1 = 99
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answer is (c)
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