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Question 1087155: Please help me solve the following problem:
A sampling distribution is the probability distribution for which one of the following:
A. A sample
B. A population
C. A parameter
D. None of the above

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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The answer is choice A) Sample. It's not a trick question though it may appear to be. A sampling distribution lays out all the probabilities of getting a certain sample value. For example, the xbar distribution is the distribution of all possible sample means for some sample size n.