Chapter 7.1, Problem 16E

Exercises 7.11–7.23 are intended solely to provide concrete illustrations of the sampling distribution of the sample mean. For that reason, the populations considered are unrealistically small. In each exercise, assume that sampling is without replacement.

7.16 NBA Champs. This exercise requires that you have done Exercises 7.11–7.15.

1. a. Draw a graph similar to that shown in Fig. 7.3 on page 311 for sample sizes of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
2. b. What does your graph in part (a) illustrate about the impact of increasing sample size on sampling error?
3. c. Construct a table similar to Table 7.4 on page 311 for some values of your choice.