The more efficient the estimate, the more the sampling distribution________.
A) is evenly spread from the mean to ± 2 standard deviations.
B) becomes flatter.
C) clusters to the right of the mean.
D) is clustered around the mean.

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An efficient estimate means that the estimator has a smaller variance, which implies that the sampling distribution of the estimate is more tightly clustered around the true parameter (mean), hence option D is correct.

The More Efficient the Estimate, the More the Sampling Distribution________