The manager of a grocery store has selected a random sample of 100 customers. The average length of time it took these 100 customers to check out was 3.0 minutes. It is known that the standard deviation of the checkout time is 1 minute. Refer to Exhibit 8-2. The standard error of the mean equals _____.

Respuesta :

The standard error of the mean equals 0.100.

Explanation:

The standard error of the mean is defined as the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean. The standard error of the mean can be calculated by dividing the sample standard deviation by the square root of the sample size.

Given:

Random sample= 100 customers

Average length of time for checkout= 3 minutes

Standard deviation of the checkout time= 1 minute

Standard error of mean= 1/ √100

                 =1/10

Standard error of mean= 0.1