Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321989178
Author: Neil A. Weiss
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.2, Problem 41E
Exercises 7.41–7.45 require that you have done Exercises 7.11–7.15, respectively.
7.41 NBA Champs. The winner of the 2012–2013 National Basketball Association (NBA) championship was the Miami Heat. One possible starting lineup for that team is as follows.
| Player | Position | Height (in.) |
| Chris Bosh (B) | Center | 83 |
| Dwyane Wade (W) | Guard | 76 |
| LeBron James (J) | Forward | 80 |
| Mario Chalmers (C) | Guard | 74 |
| Udonis Haslem (H) | Forward | 80 |
- a. Determine the population
mean height, μ, of the five players. - b. Consider
samples of size 2 without replacement. Use your answer to Exercise 7.11(b) on page 312 and Definition 3.11 on page 140 to find the mean, μx, of the variable - c. Find μx, using only the result of part (a).
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