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when we take a sample from a population, the sample mean of that sample is always exactly equal to the population mean. true or false

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Answer:

false i think

Explanation:

it will not equal the population mean. But if the sample is a simple random sample, the sample mean is an unbiased estimate of the population mean. This means that the sample mean is not systematically smaller or larger than the population mean.

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