A Frequency Distribution of a Large Number of Random Sample

question 21

Multiple Choice

A frequency distribution of a large number of random sample means which have been Drawn from the same population is called:

• A)the standard error of measurement.
• B)the sampling error.
• C)the sampling distribution of means.
• D)the standard error of the means.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to assess the precision of sample estimates of population parameters.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, showing how the statistic varies from sample to sample.

Populations

Populations in statistical analysis refer to entire groups of individuals, events, or items which share at least one common characteristic.

Standard Error

Refers to the standard deviation of the distribution of sample means around the population mean.