The Observed Value of a Statistic Will Differ from Sample

question 22

Multiple Choice

The observed value of a statistic will differ from sample to sample.This phenomenon is known as:

• A)the sampling distribution
• B)sampling error
• C)sampling bias
• D)sampling variability
• E)None of these

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