An Unbiased Estimate of the Population Total Is Given by the

question 2

Multiple Choice

An unbiased estimate of the population total is given by the

• A) sample mean multiplied by the size of the sample.
• B) sample mean multiplied by the size of the population.
• C) sample size multiplied by the standard error.
• D) standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size.

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Identical Expected Values

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