Given a population of travel expense vouchers for a university in academic year,

Question

Given a population of travel expense vouchers for a university in academic year, indicate what the sampling distribution for samples of 20 would consist of. Choose the correct answer below.

A. The sampling distribution is a representative collection of 20 samples, each containing 20 vouchers, selected with replacement.

B. The sampling distribution is the average result from all possible samples of 20 vouchers.

C. The sampling distribution is the distribution of the results for all possible samples of 20 vouchers.

D. The sampling distribution is a representative collection of 20 samples, each containing 20 vouchers, selected without replacement.

Explanation / Answer

Answer is option (c)The sampling distribution is the distribution of the results for all possible samples of 20 vouchers

As, The sampling distribution of a statistic is the distribution of that statistic, considered as a random variable, when derived from a random sample of size n. It may be considered as the distribution of the statistic for all possible samples from the same population of a given size.

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