The Gallup Poll asked a random sample of 1785 adults whether they attended church during the past week.  Let p-hat be the proportion of people in the sample who attended church.  A newspaper report claims that 40% of all U.S. adults went to church last week.  Suppose this claim is true. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution of p-hat?

• 0.4
• 0.44
• 0.56
• 0.6

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28% of all Woodrow students believe Monday will be snow day. You take a sample of 50 students and find that 15 of them believe Monday will be a snow day. What does 50 represent? 

• n
• P
• phat
• standard deviation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

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What happens to the shape of a sampling distribution of sample means as n increases?

• It becomes narrower and bimodal.
• It becomes narrower and more normal.
• It becomes wider and skewed right. 
• It becomes wider and more normal. 

These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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These symbols represent the mean and standard deviation for which of the following distributions?

• The Population
• The Sample
• The Sampling Distribution

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The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20, respectively. Sample size is 25. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution?

• 200
• 16
• 25
• 4

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CCSS.HSS.MD.A.2

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The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20, respectively. Sample size is 25. 
What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution?

• 200
• 16
• 25
• 4

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

At a particular college, 78% of all students are receiving some kind of financial aid.The school newspaper selects a random sample of 100 students and 72% of the respondents say they are receiving some sort of financial aid. Which of the following is true?

•  78% is a population and 72% is a sample.
• 72% is a population and 78% is a sample
• 78% is a parameter and 72% is a statistic
• 72% is a parameter and 78% is a statistic

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What is the standard deviation of the distribution?

• 1010
• 20
• 60
• √20

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4