Example 1: The population from which samples are selected is {1,2,3,4,5,6}. This population has a mean of 3.5 and a standard deviation of 1.70783. The next display shows a histogram of the population.

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University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation AU. There are two things that affect the margin of error (MOE). They are the poll ...