Identify the Distribution That Applies to the Following Situation: in Constructing

question 34

Multiple Choice

Identify the distribution that applies to the following situation: In constructing a confidence interval of σ you have 50 sample values and they appear to be from a population with a skewed distribution.

• A) Student t distribution
• B) Normal distribution
• C) Chi-square distribution
• D) None of the three distributions is appropriate.

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