Answer:
The point estimate for the mean endowment of all private colleges in the United States is 180.2125 million dollars.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given endowments (in millions of dollars) of eight private colleges in the United States:
78.8, 50.3, 243.2, 489, 111.5, 163.7, 92.4, 212.8
We have to find the point estimate of the population mean endowment of all private colleges in the United States.
The point estimate will be given by the sample mean.
[tex]\mu = \bar{x}[/tex]
Formula:
[tex]Mean = \displaystyle\frac{\text{Sum of all observations}}{\text{Total number of observation}}[/tex]
[tex]Mean =\displaystyle\frac{1441.7}{8} = 180.2125[/tex]
Thus, the point estimate is 180.2125 million dollars.