As a General Rule,the Normal Distribution Is Used to Approximate

question 122

Multiple Choice

As a general rule,the normal distribution is used to approximate the sampling distribution of the sample proportion only if:

• A)the sample size n is greater than 30.
• B)the population proportion p is close to 0.50.
• C)the underlying population is normal.
• D)np and n(1 − p)are both greater than or equal to 5.

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