10/16/2009

Central Limit Theorem - Class Activity (p:\data\math\stats\USpennies.mtw)

• Describe the shape of the age distribution for U.S. pennies.
• Estimate the mean and standard deviation for this distribution.
• Investigate properties of the sampling distribution of the sample average as the sample size increases.
• General comments about the sampling distribution of a sample average.

In Class Exercises

8.17, 8.21, 8.29, 8.31

Please read Section 9.1 for class on Monday