The Deacons at a Local Church Surveyed the Congregation to Find

question 52

Multiple Choice

The deacons at a local church surveyed the congregation to find out if members would be willing to fund a new construction project. In this example, what is the population of interest?

• A)The deacons
• B)The survey respondents
• C)The congregation
• D)None of these

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Definitions:

T Distribution

A type of probability distribution that is symmetrical and bell-shaped like the normal distribution but has heavier tails, used especially for small sample sizes.

Degrees Of Freedom

The total count of values that can change in the ultimate calculation of a statistical figure.

Standard Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that has a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in probability and statistics.

T-Distribution

A type of probability distribution that arises when estimating the mean of a normally distributed population in situations where the sample size is small and population standard deviation is unknown.