If random samples, each with n = 9 scores, are selected from a normal population with µ = 80 and σ = 36, then what is the expected value of the mean of the distribution of sample means?​   a. ​80   b. 4​   c. ​16   d. ​12

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If random samples, each with n = 9 scores, are selected from a normal population with µ = 80 and σ = 36, then what is the expected value of the mean of the distribution of sample means?​
  a.
​80
  b.
4​
  c.
​16
  d.
​12
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