Which statement about sampling distributions is correct?
A) There is a different sampling distribution for every sample size.
B) The mean of a sampling distribution is the same as the mean of the population from which samples are drawn.
C) Sampling distributions consist of a distribution of the means of an "infinite number of samples of a given size."
D) all of the above

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All the statements about sampling distributions are correct. A) Each sample size generates its own sampling distribution. B) The mean of the sampling distribution (the mean of the sample means) is equal to the population mean. C) The concept of a sampling distribution is based on the idea of taking an infinite number of samples of a given size from a population.

Which Statement About Sampling Distributions Is Correct