Re: Distribution of Sample Means

[Andrew Robinson <andrewr@uidaho.edu>]

You're thinking of the finite population correction.  

sd(mean) = sd(data) / sqrt(n) * sqrt(1-f)

See Theorem 2.2, p. 23, Cochran (1977).

Cochran, W. G. (1977). Sampling
techniques, Wiley.

Andrew

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