Which of the Following Statements Best Describes a Sampling Distribution

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes a sampling distribution?

• A)It is the distribution of the values of a particular variable that are observed in a random sample.
• B)It is the distribution of the values of a variable in the population from which the sample is taken.
• C)It is the distribution of the values of a statistic calculated from 1000 simple random samples displayed in a histogram.
• D)It is the distribution of the values of a statistic that resembles the Normal distribution when the sample size is large.
• E)It is the distribution of the values taken by a statistic in all possible samples of the same size from the same population.

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