The grade point average for ALL juniors at a large college has a standard deviation of 0.50.  A random sample of 20 students is to be used to estimate the population mean grade point average.  What condition do you need to verify prior to computing the probability of obtaining a sample mean within plus or minus 0.2 of the population mean

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 The grade point average for ALL juniors at a large college has a standard deviation of 0.50.  A random sample of 20 students is to be used to estimate the population mean grade point average.  What condition do you need to verify prior to computing the probability of obtaining a sample mean within plus or minus 0.2 of the population mean?

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