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Suppose that a sample is taken from a population whose mean value is 76.

As the sample size increases, the sample mean will approach which value?

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Answer:

The sample mean will approach 76

Explanation:

Refer to Law of large numbers (LLN) and the central limit theorem (CLT)

For random sample, with sample size n, in population with expected value μ, the sample mean converge almost surely to the expected value μ as n -> ∞

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