What Is the Central Limit Theorem

question 27

Multiple Choice

What is the central limit theorem?

• A) It explains that sample means will vary minimally from the population mean.
• B) It explains that a sampling distribution of possible sample means is approximately normally distributed, regardless of the shape of the distribution in the population.
• C) It explains that if we select a sample at random, then on average we can expect the sample mean to equal the population mean.
• D) All of these.

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