Which of the Following Statements About the Sampling Distribution of the Sample

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the sampling distribution of the sample mean is incorrect?

• A) The sampling distribution of the sample mean is approximately normal whenever the sample size is sufficiently large (n ≥ 30).
• B) The sampling distribution of the sample mean is generated by repeatedly taking samples of size n and computing the sample means.
• C) The mean of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to μ.
• D) The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is equal to σ.

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