If you were to draw 15 random samples of 100 residents in a city you may get 15 different means. These differences across samples may be defined as ______.
A) probability
B) random error
C) sampling error
D) normal error

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Sampling error refers to the differences between the sample statistics (such as the mean) and the corresponding population parameters (such as the true population mean) that occur by chance due to random sampling variability. Therefore, the differences in means across the 15 random samples can be attributed to sampling error.

If You Were to Draw 15 Random Samples of 100