A Sample of 24 Observations Is Taken from a Population

question 12

Multiple Choice

A sample of 24 observations is taken from a population that has 150 elements. The sampling distribution of is

• A) approximately normal because is always approximately normally distributed.
• B) approximately normal because the sample size is large in comparison to the population size.
• C) approximately normal because of the central limit theorem.
• D) normal if the population is normally distributed.

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