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scienceeasy

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What are the two fundamental reasons why a sample mean may differ from a particular population mean?
 
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Professor White felt that he had a representative sample--but he starting to wonder if he really did. Briefly note what might make Professor White feel this way.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The sample may not represent the population or there could be sampling error.

Answer to Question 2

Sampling error can produce an unrepresentative sample simply due to chance.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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