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Doubling the size of the sample will - ANSWER-reduce the standard error
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of the mean
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The sample mean is the point estimator of - ANSWER-U
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A simple random sample of size n from an infinite population of size N is to
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be selected. Each possible sample should have - ANSWER-the same
probability of being selected
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Which of the following statements regarding the sampling distribution of
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sample means is incorrect? - ANSWER-The standard deviation of the
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sampling distribution is the standard deviation of the population.
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A simple random sample of size n from an infinite population is a sample
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selected such that - ANSWER-each element is selected independently and
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is selected from the same population
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The fact that the sampling distribution of sample means can be
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Cluster sampling is - ANSWER-a probability sampling method.
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The central limit theorem states that - ANSWER-if the sample size n is
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The value of the _____ is used to estimate the value of the population
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parameter - ANSWER-sample statistic
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The sampling distribution of is the - ANSWER-probability distribution of all
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Which of the following is not a symbol for a parameter? - ANSWER-S.
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The sample statistic characteristic s is the point estimator of - ANSWER-σ..
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The distribution of values taken by a statistic in all possible samples of the
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same size from the same population is called a - ANSWER-sampling
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distribution.
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Which of the following is a point estimator? - ANSWER-S.
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As a rule of thumb, the sampling distribution of the sample proportion can
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A sample of 92 observations is taken from an infinite population. The
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sampling distribution of is approximately - ANSWER-normal because of the
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central limit theorem.
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The central limit theorem is important in Statistics because it enables
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reasonably accurate probabilities to be determined for events involving the
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sample average - ANSWER-when the sample size is large regardless of
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the distribution of the variable.
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The distribution of values taken by a statistic in all possible samples of the
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same size from the same population is the sampling distribution of -
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possible samples of the same sample size.
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The probability distribution of all possible values of the sample proportion is
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the - ANSWER-sampling distribution of p.
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When computing the sample size needed to estimate a proportion within a
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given margin of error for a specific confidence level, what planning value of
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p should be used when no estimate of p is available? - ANSWER-0.50
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A statistics teacher started class one day by drawing the names of 10
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students out of a hat and asked them to do as many pushups as they
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could. The 10 randomly selected students averaged 15 pushups per
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person with a standard deviation of 9 pushups. Suppose the distribution of
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normal. Which of the following statements is true? - ANSWER-A t
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distribution should be used because σ is unknown.
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The z value for a 99% confidence interval estimation is - ANSWER-2.58
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In an interval estimation for a proportion of a population, the critical value of
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z at 99% confidence is - ANSWER-2.576.
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In interval estimation, as the sample size becomes larger, the interval
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estimate - ANSWER-becomes narrower.In general, higher confidence
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One way to have high confidence and a small margin of error is to -
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From a population that is normally distributed, a sample of 30 elements is
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selected and the standard deviation of the sample is computed. For the
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interval estimation of μ, the proper distribution to use is the - ANSWER-t
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distribution with 29 degrees of freedom.
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The value added and subtracted from a point estimate in order to develop
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an interval estimate of the population parameter is known as the -
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ANSWER-margin of error.
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