Students in the population of all students taking E270 were asked to state how much they spent on textbooks in the current semester.  There are N = 320 students taking E270.  From the data collected the following summary measures were calculated.                               ∑x = 161,000                     ∑(x − μ)² = 4,564,675                                       A random sample of 5 students selected from this population, yielded the following sample data:                                                   x                       330                       380                       690                       460                       530                                           1 The sample mean is ________.                     A 469                     B 472                     C 475                     D 478                                             2 The sample variance is ________.,                     A 15896                     B 17152                     C 19870                     D 20526                                             3 The number of samples of size n = 5 selected from this population is  ________.                     A 27.098 billion                   B 26.285 billion                   C 25.496 billion                   D 24.731 billion                                           4 If you listed all possible samples and computed the mean from each sample, the mean of sample means is _________.                     A 478.000                     B 486.030                     C 494.196                     D 503.125                                             5 If you listed all possible samples and computed the mean from each sample, the variance of the means is ________.                     A 3974                     B 2852.92                     C 8886.13                     D 19870

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Students in the population of all students taking E270 were asked to state how much they spent on textbooks in the current semester.  There are N = 320 students taking E270.  From the data collected the following summary measures were calculated.
                       
      ∑x = 161,000              
      ∑(x − μ)² = 4,564,675              
                       
A random sample of 5 students selected from this population, yielded the following sample data:                      
                       
    x                  
    330                  
    380                  
    690                  
    460                  
    530                  
                       
1 The sample mean is ________.                    
A 469                    
B 472                    
C 475                    
D 478                    
                       
2 The sample variance is ________.,                    
A 15896                    
B 17152                    
C 19870                    
D 20526                    
                       
3 The number of samples of size n = 5 selected from this population is  ________.                    
A 27.098 billion                  
B 26.285 billion                  
C 25.496 billion                  
D 24.731 billion                  
                       
4 If you listed all possible samples and computed the mean from each sample, the mean of sample means is _________.                    
A 478.000                    
B 486.030                    
C 494.196                    
D 503.125                    
                       
5 If you listed all possible samples and computed the mean from each sample, the variance of the means is ________.                    
A 3974                    
B 2852.92                    
C 8886.13                    
D 19870                    
         
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