A Random Sample of N = 36 Scores Is Selected

question 72

Multiple Choice

A random sample of n = 36 scores is selected from a population.Which of the following distributions will definitively be normal?​

• A)​The scores in the sample will form a normal distribution.
• B)​The scores in the population will form a normal distribution.
• C)​The distribution of sample means will form a normal distribution.
• D)​None of the distributions - the sample, the population, the distribution of sample means - will definitely be normal.

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