The Closer the Sample Mean Is to the Population Mean

question 79

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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