Identify the Probability of Each Sample, and Describe the Sampling $1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16$

question 74

Multiple Choice

Identify the probability of each sample, and describe the sampling distribution of the sample means.
-The number of books sold over the course of the four-day book fair were 189, 167, 271, and 83. Assume that samples of size 2 are randomly selected with replacement from this population of four values.

• A) \(1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16\)
• B) \(1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16\)
• C) \(1 / 2 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 4 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 4 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 2 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 4 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 2 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 4 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 2 ; 1 / 16\)
• D) \(0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 1 / 16 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 1 / 16 ; 0 / 16 ; 1 / 8 ; 1 / 16\)

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