Suppose That a Researcher Selects a Sample of Participants from a Population.If

question 6

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a researcher selects a sample of participants from a population.If the shape of the distribution in this population is negatively skewed,then what is the shape of the sampling distribution of sample variances?

• A) approximately positively skewed
• B) approximately negatively skewed
• C) approximately normally distributed
• D) there is not enough information to answer this question because the population mean and variance are not given

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