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Describe the sampling distribution of x-bar for samples of size 20 drawn from a normal population with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 4.

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If the original population has a Normal distribution, then the distribution of the sample mean is also Normal.
If we extract random samples of size n from a population with half a μ and standard deviation σ, then the distribution of the sample mean will have the following parameters:
μ_Xbar = μ
σ_Xbar = σ/ √(n).

Where:
μ = 50
σ = 4
n = 20
So:
μ_Xbar = 50
σ_Xbar = 0.8944
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