Practical Operations Management
Practical Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781939297136
Author: Simpson
Publisher: HERCHER PUBLISHING,INCORPORATED
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Chapter 13, Problem 15P
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The standard deviation in the sampling distribution when the sample size is 5 and the standard deviation is 0.2 ounces.

Concept Introduction:

Standard deviation is the calculation of the amount of variations in the group of values. Low standard deviations represent that the value is near to the mean, whereas high-value standard deviations represent the values that are far from the mean.

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