The process of selecting sample from the population is called_________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. A list of sample _________ is called sample space?

   A. Events
   B. Subset
   C. Piont
   D. Distinct

2. If the sampled population has a normal distribution, when is the sampling distribution of the sample mean X also a normal distribution ?

   A. Only when the sample size is at least 100.
   B. Only when the sample size is smaller than 30
   C. Always
   D. Only when the sample size is at least 30.

3. Random samples of size 17 are from a population that has 200 elements, a mean of 36, and a standard deviation of 8. which of the following best describes the from of the sampling distribution of the sample mean for this situation ?

   A. Approximately normal because the sample size is small relative to the population size
   B. Approximately normal because of the central limit theorem
   C. Exactly
   D. None of these alternatives is correct

4. A sample of 24 observations is taken from a population that has 150 elements. The sampling distribution of is___________?

   A. Approximately normal because is always approximately normally distributed
   B. Approximately normal because the sample size is large in comparsion to the population size
   C. Approximately normal because of the central limit theorem
   D. Normal if the population is normally distributed

5. For a population consisting of 4 members, a sample of size ‘2’ is taken replacement, then the number of all the possible samples are?

   A. 4
   B. 8
   C. 16
   D. 32

6. For a population with any distribution, the form of the sampling distribution of the sample mean is_____________?

   A. Sometimes normal for all sample sizes
   B. Sometimes normal for large sample sizes
   C. Always normal for all sample sizes
   D. Always normal for large sample sizes

7. A sample of 92 observations is taken from an infinite population. The sampling distribution of is approximately ?

   A. Normal because is always approximately normally distributed
   B. Normal because the sample size is small in comparison to the population size
   C. Normal because of the central limit theorem
   D. None of these alternatives is correct.

8. Sample variance S2 is unbiased estimator of population variance 26 because ________________?

   A. E(S2) = s2
   B. E(u) = X
   C. E(P) = P
   D. Ux = u

9. __________ is the process of using sample information to reach?

   A. Population
   B. Biased
   C. Unbiased
   D. Increase

10. If the standard deviation of a population is 9, the population variance is_____________?

    A. 9
    B. 3
    C. 21
    D. 81