Which of the Following Is True Concerning Sampling Error

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true concerning sampling error?

• A) If many independent random samples are drawn from a population, then the sample statistics from those samples are distributed in a predictable way around the population parameter.
• B) Probability theory does not allow us to use a formula to estimate how closely the sample statistics are clustered.
• C) The standard error cannot identify how spread out of clustered the sample statistics are around the population parameter.
• D) None of these answers are correct.

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