Identify the Distribution That Applies to the Following Situation:
in $\mu$

question 10

Multiple Choice

Identify the distribution that applies to the following situation:
In constructing a confidence interval of $\mu$ , you have 50 sample values and they appear to be from a population with a skewed distribution. The population standard deviation is not known.

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

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