Check That the Conditions Hold So That the Sampling Distribution

question 32

Multiple Choice

Check that the conditions hold so that the sampling distribution of the z-statistic will approximately follow the standard normal distribution. Are the conditions satisfied? If not, choose
The condition that is not satisfied.

• A) No, the researcher did not collect a large enough sample.
• B) No, the researcher did not collect a random sample.
• C) Yes, all the conditions are satisfied.
• D) No, the population of interest is not large enough to assume independence.

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