A Psychology Professor Wanted to Describe His/her Class in Terms

question 35

Multiple Choice

A psychology professor wanted to describe his/her class in terms of the personality characteristic of introversion/extroversion.The population variance was estimated to be 2.56.What does this mean?

• A)When the professor uses the population mean to predict individuals' scores,he/she should expect to be in error by about 2.56.
• B)When the professor uses the population mean to predict individuals' scores,he/she should expect to be more accurate by about 2.56.
• C)It is impossible to tell because the mean is not known.
• D)The sample mean differs from the population mean by about 2.56.

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