Chance variation-simple random sample of students

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Last year, there were 30,000 students at a university; their GPA had a mean of 2.9 and an SD of 0.6. This year, in a simple random sample of 100 students taken from this university, the GPAs have a mean of 2.95 and an SD of 0.55. Has the mean GPA at the university gone up since last year, or is this just chance variation.

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