Fill in the blank. 1.) ___________ is the difference between the value of the sa

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1.) ___________ is the difference between the value of the sample statistic and the value of the corresponding population parameter, assuming that the sample is random and no non-sampling error has been made.

2.) The tails of a normal distribution curve extend indefinitely in both directions without touching or crossing the horizontal axis. Although a normal curve never meets the ________ axis, beyond the points represented by µ - 3 to µ +3 it becomes so close to this axis that the area under the curve beyond these points in both directions is very close to zero.

3.) The F distribution is ________ and skewed to the right. The F distribution has two numbers of degrees of freedom: df for the numerator and df for the denominator. The units of an F distribution, denoted by F, are nonnegative.

4.) The probability distribution of the population data is called the (1) __________. The probability distribution of a sample statistic is called its (2) __________.

A.Probability distribution

B.Population distribution

C.Normal distribution

D.Sampling distribution

Explanation / Answer

1)sampling error

2)Horizontal

3) continous

4)1) C. Normal distribution, 2) D. Sampling distribution

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