Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) The mean of a population will always be larger than the population standard deviation.
• B) The mean of the population will generally be larger than the mean of the sample selected from that population.
• C) The population mean and a sample mean for a sample selected from that population will usually be different values.
• D) The population mean and sample mean will always be identical.

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