A Random Sample of N = 36 Scores Is Selected

question 53

Multiple Choice

A random sample of n = 36 scores is selected from a population.Which of the following distributions definitely will be normal?

• A)The scores in the sample will form a normal distribution.
• B)The scores in the population will form a normal distribution
• C)The distribution of sample means will form a normal distribution.
• D)Neither the sample, the population, nor the distribution of sample means will definitely be normal.

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Predictability

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