When the sampling distribution of means is randomly selected from an entire population of individual scores, the highest and lowest individual scores
A) become lost through averaging
B) must be arbitrarily eliminated before the sampling distribution becomes available
C) assume the characteristics of parameters
D) produce a bimodal distribution

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When calculating the sampling distribution of means, individual scores are averaged together. This means that extreme scores, both high and low, become "lost" in the overall average. Therefore, they do not continue to have an impact on the distribution like they would in a distribution of individual scores.

When the Sampling Distribution of Means Is Randomly Selected from an Entire