Example 1

The manager of a car dealership would like to determine the average years of ownership for a new vehicle. He found that a sample of 25 customers who bought new vehicles owned that vehicle for 7.8 years, with a standard deviation of 2.5 years. What is the standard error for this sample mean?
  1. Identify the given information.
  2. Determine the standard error of the mean.
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