From a Population That Is Not Normally Distributed and Whose $\mu$

question 117

Multiple Choice

From a population that is not normally distributed and whose standard deviation is not known, a sample of 6 items is selected to develop an interval estimate for the mean of the population ( $\mu$ ) .

• A)The normal distribution can be used.
• B)The t distribution with 5 degrees of freedom must be used.
• C)The t distribution with 6 degrees of freedom must be used.
• D)The sample size must be increased.

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