A researcher draws a random sample of 25 people from a population and calculates the mean of their IQs. If she were to repeat this process of drawing samples and calculating means an infinite number of times, the sample means could be used to create ______.
A) the sampling distribution of the mean
B) critical values
C) z-scores
D) research hypotheses

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The sample means can be used to create the sampling distribution of the mean, which is the distribution of all possible sample means that could be obtained from the population.

A Researcher Draws a Random Sample of 25 People from a Population