The Following Information Was Collected from a Simple Random Sample

question 16

Multiple Choice

The following information was collected from a simple random sample of a population. 16
19 18 17 20 18
The point estimate of the mean of the population is

• A)18.0
• B)19.6
• C)108
• D)sixteen, since 16 is the smallest value in the sample

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