The local ranger station tracked and tagged 2,844 adult female black bears in a national park. A random sample of 9 adult female black bears from those tagged had an average body weight of 203 pounds with standard deviation 25 pounds. Which of the following is a point estimate for the population mean weight of all female black bears that are tagged? A 9. 25 203 E 2,844

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Question

The local ranger station tracked and tagged 2,844 adult female black bears in a national park. A random sample of 9 adult female black bears from those tagged
had an average body weight of 203 pounds with standard deviation 25 pounds. Which of the following is a point estimate for the population mean weight of all
female black bears that are tagged?
A
9.
25
203
E
2,844

Expert Solution

Step 1

Consider a random variable X, that defines the weight of female black bears.