Question

From a population that is not normally distributed and whose standard deviation is not known, a sample of 6 items is selected to develop an interval estimate for the mean of the population (μ).
a. The normal distribution can be used.
b. The t distribution with 6 degrees of freedom must be used.
c. The sample size must be increased.
d. The t distribution with 5 degrees of freedom must be used.

Answer 1

Answer:

d) The t-distribution with 5 degrees of freedom must be used

Step-by-step explanation:

For cases of Normal Distribution where the variance is unknown and the sample size n is smaller than 30, we must use the t-student distribution.

The shape of the curve for t-student is bell-shape (flatter and with wider tails than the bell shape of normal distribution.

Actually, when we deal with t-student distribution we are dealing with a family of curves that will become closer and closer to the bell shape of the normal distribution as the degree of freedom increases. From values of n =30( and bigger),  we can assume that the curve of t-student is the same as for normal distribution