Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 16

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question. A sprint duathlon consists of a 5 km run, a 20 km bike ride, followed by another 5 km run. The mean finish time of all participants in a recent large duathlon was 1.67 hours with a standard deviation of 0.25 hours. Suppose a random sample of 30 participants was taken and the mean finishing time was found to be
1.59 hours with a standard deviation of 0.30 hours.
-Suppose the process of taking random samples of size 30 is repeated 200 times and a histogram of the 200 sample means is created. Would the histogram be an approximate display of the population distribution, the distribution of a sample, or the sampling distribution of means?

• A)distribution of a sample
• B)sampling distribution of means
• C)population distribution

---

Definitions:

Memory Malleability

The concept that human memory is not static and can be influenced or changed by various factors, including suggestion, misinformation, and misattribution.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon in cognitive psychology where new information interferes with the ability to recall old information.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.

Negative Interference

Occurs when past learning inhibits or interferes with the recall of later learning.