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A large population is bi-modal (like you'd get if you included the heights of

both men and women in the same distribution). samples of size 40 are drawn
and a sampling distribution of the mean values of these samples is
constructed. what's the most likely shape of the sampling distribution of the
sample mean?

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The distribution of sample means will Normal
User Derelle
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Answer:

Approximately normal, as predicted by the Central Limit Theorem

Explanation:

A large population is bi-modal (like you'd get if you included the heights of both-example-1
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