The Mean of the Sample

question 45

Multiple Choice

The mean of the sample

• A) is always smaller than the mean of the population from which the sample was taken.
• B) can never be zero.
• C) can never be negative.
• D) can assume any value between the highest and the lowest value in the sample.

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