The Standard Error of a Statistic Used as an Estimator

question 46

Multiple Choice

The standard error of a statistic used as an estimator of a population parameter is:

• A) the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the statistic.
• B) the variance of the sampling distribution of the statistic.
• C) the same value as the population standard deviation.
• D) the square root of the population variance.

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