If we drew all possible samples from a population, calculated the correlation coefficient for each of the samples, and constructed a line graph (showing the shape of the distribution) based on all of those sample correlation coefficients, what would we have?
A) The population distribution
B) A sample distribution
C) A sampling distribution
D) A parameter distribution

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A sampling distribution is the probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, and in this case, it refers to the distribution of the correlation coefficients from all possible samples.

If We Drew All Possible Samples from a Population, Calculated