We Can Estimate the Probability That Sample Means and Proportions

question 14

Multiple Choice

We can estimate the probability that sample means and proportions lie within a given distance of the population value because these statistics are

• A)unbiased.
• B)efficient.
• C)random.
• D)biaseD.

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