Statistics HW Help: How to Calculate T-Distribution for Small Sample Sizes?

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In summary, the problem involves finding the population mean and standard deviation for a set of measurements associated with 5 units. It also requires listing all possible samples of size 3 from those 5 units and computing the mean, standard deviation, and 95% confidence interval for each sample using t-distribution. The population mean is found to be 78.8 and the standard deviation is 2.58844.
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I need help solving this problem:

Let A, B, C, D, and E are 6 units of a population. The measurements associated with A, B, C. D, E units are 76, 77, 78, 81, and 82, respectively.

-Find the population mean and its standard deviation

-List all possible samples of size 3 from those 5 units

-From each sample, compute the mean, standard deviation, and 95% confidence interval. Use t-distribution to estimate the tα/2 because we have a small size.

-How many intervals contain population mean? Can you verify your result with empirical rule? Do they agree?

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I know the mean is 78.8 and standard deviation is 2.58844
 
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I have solved out everything, I just need help to know how I get the t-distribution?
 

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