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Put it to use.

Now that you have learned a key fact you may be wondering how this idea may be tested on an exam. To get an idea consider the following question.

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Put it to use:

A large corporation has many employees that are paid an hourly wage. The human resources director of the company knows that the standard deviation of the hourly employees' wages is $12.30. The director is going to take a random sample of 50 employees. What would the standard deviation of the sample mean be in this situation?

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CorrectIncorrect. Divide the population standard deviation by the square root of the sample size.Your answer has been saved.
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