
Explanation:
The central limit theorem tells us that for a population with a mean and a finite variance , the sampling distribution of the sample means for a sample of size will be approximately normally distributed with a mean equal to and a variance equal to , no matter the distribution of the population, assuming a large sample size. When the standard deviation of the population is known, the standard error of the sample mean is:
(Book 2, Module 17.1, LO 17.a)
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Question 86
Suppose the mean debt/equity ratio of all banks in the United States is 20%, and the population variance is 25%. A banking industry analyst uses a computer program to select a random sample of 50 banks from this population and compute the sample mean. The program repeats this exercise 100 times and computes the sample mean each time. According to the central limit theorem, the distribution of the sample means will have a standard error that is closest to:
A
0.0100.
B
0.0158.
C
0.0707.
D
5.0000.
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