When attempting to create a distribution of means, we sample with replacement; that is, we do not put data back in the sample after we have computed the mean of those data.

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When creating a distribution of means, we typically sample with replacement to ensure each sample is independent of the others. Sampling without replacement would violate the independence of observations, which is a key assumption in many statistical methods.

When Attempting to Create a Distribution of Means, We Sample