# Standard Error

1. Aug 29, 2009

### needhelp83

Weight of turkeys is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 9 pounds. Farmer Jones samples 25 turkeys from his farm in order to estimate their mean weight. What is the probability that his sampling error will not exceed 2 pounds?

I hate this because I can't figure out what formula to use? I found one for the standard error of the mean where

$$SE = \frac{s}{\sqrt{n}}$$

This gives me the answer of 1.8. Now if I figure out the probability of exceeding 2 lbs how do I determine this with my given answer?

2. Aug 29, 2009

You know the weights are normally distributed, correct? You know the value of $$\sigma$$ but not $$\mu$$, so using the normal distribution is out of the question.

Here's a hint masquerading as a question: what do you know about the distribution of the sample variance when you sample from a normal distribution?

3. Aug 29, 2009

### needhelp83

I am not sure if I am answering exactly what you are looking for, but if you know the standard deviation you will know the standard variance since it is sd squared. What this exactly tells me about the distribution I am unsure.

4. Aug 30, 2009

### needhelp83

Ok...sorry, but I am still not understanding what exactly I am supposed to see with this problem. Any help?

5. Aug 31, 2009

### needhelp83

Any help, anybody? More than happy to figure it out if just given a push in right direction.