The Shape of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean Is

question 2

Multiple Choice

The shape of the sampling distribution of the mean is approximately ______,whereas the shape of the sampling distribution of the variance is approximately ______.

• A) normal; normal
• B) positively skewed; normal
• C) normal; positively skewed
• D) positively skewed; positively skewed

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