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mrsjacobs44

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What is the relationship between the standard deviation of a population and the standard deviation of means of samples randomly selected from the population?
 
  a. The standard deviation of the distribution of sample means is larger than that of the population.
  b. The standard deviation of the population is larger than that of the distribution of sample means.
  c. They are equal to one another.
  d. It is impossible to determine the relationship with the available data.

Question 2

Sampling error refers to
 
  a. the mean difference between sample means.
  b. the mean difference between population means.
  c. the difference between a sample statistic and a population parameter.


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raili21

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


mrsjacobs44

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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