THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
A computer is programmed to draw 1000 samples,each of size 40 from a normally distributed population having mean 50 and standard deviation 10.For each sample,the mean and the median are computed.The average value and standard deviation of each set of estimates for the 1000 samples are as follows.

-Which statistic appears to be more efficient?

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Definitions:

Self-fulfilling Prophecy

A prediction that causes itself to become true due to the belief and behavior of the person holding it.

Bloomers

A term often used in educational psychology to refer to students who show significant improvement in their performance, presumably due to certain interventions or expectations.

Intellectual Abilities

The capacities related to the mind such as reasoning, problem-solving, planning, abstract thinking, comprehending complex ideas, learning quickly, and learning from experience.

Central Route

A method of persuasion that involves deeply processing the content of a message, focusing on the quality of its arguments.