As Sample Size Increases, a Sampling Distribution of the Mean

question 18

Multiple Choice

As sample size increases, a sampling distribution of the mean will approximate a normal distribution, regardless of the shape of the distribution of scores in the population. This characteristic of the sampling distribution of the mean is stated in the.

• A)principle of normalcy
• B)principle of empiricism
• C)central limit theorem
• D)independence theorem

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach founded by Freud that focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's present behavior.

Working Alliance

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Countertransference

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