Which of the Following Statements About the Sampling Distribution of the Sample

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the sampling distribution of the sample mean isincorrect?

• A)The sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal whenever the sample size is sufficiently large ( n \(\ge\) 30 ).
• B)The sampling distribution of the sample mean is generated by repeatedly taking samples of size n and computing the sample means.
• C)The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to \(\mu\) .
• D)The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to \(\sigma\) .

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