If a researcher want to know how likely it is that the IQ of a sample...
If a researcher want to know how likely it is that the IQ of a sample of 10 individuals came from the general population, then the researcher would compare the mean IQ of the sample to the ________________.
A) the sample distribution
b. the distribution of the population of individual scores
c. the distribution of means
d. the distribution of the differences between means
- the distribution of the population of individual scores
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C) the distribution of means
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D) the distribution of the differences between means
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Homework Answers
option C is correct:
c. the distribution of means
(since we are comparing if the sampling distribution of mean represent the population parameter or not, we should compare the sample mean with sampling distribution of mean)
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