If a population distribution is approximately normal, then the distribution of the sample means for samples of size 100 will be which one of the following?
A) highly negatively skewed
B) highly positively skewed
C) approximately normally distributed
D) cannot be determined without further information

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According to the Central Limit Theorem, if the population distribution is approximately normal, then the distribution of the sample means for sufficiently large samples (such as samples of size 100) will also be approximately normally distributed, regardless of the shape of the population distribution.

If a Population Distribution Is Approximately Normal, Then the Distribution