Assume You Are a Researcher for a Small University

question 63

Multiple Choice

Assume you are a researcher for a small university.You have surveyed all 1500 students at the university on the following question,"Within the last 30 days,what percent of students at your school used alcohol? State your best estimate." How would a sampling distribution of the mean with N = 15,be created for the data from this question?

• A)The population scores would be "standardized," or converted to z-scores,and the distribution of 15 randomly selected standard scores would be our sampling distribution.
• B)Random samples of 15 would be taken from the population,the mean would be calculated in each sample,and the distribution of those means would be our sampling distribution.
• C)A sample would be taken from the population,the mean and standard deviation would be calculated in that sample,and the distribution of raw scores for 15 participants would be our sampling distribution.

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