The Closer the Sample Mean Is to the Population Mean

question 42

Multiple Choice

The closer the sample mean is to the population mean,

• A)the larger the sampling error
• B)the smaller the sampling error
• C)the sampling error equals 1
• D)None of these alternatives is correct.

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