The mean of the sample
A) is always smaller than the mean of the population from which the sample was taken.
B) can never be zero.
C) can never be negative.
D) can assume any value between the highest and the lowest value in the sample.

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The mean of a sample can indeed assume any value between the highest and the lowest value in the sample, depending on the specific values within that sample. It is not necessarily always smaller than the population mean (A), can be zero if the sum of the sample values is zero (B), and can be negative if the sample contains negative values that result in a negative average (C).

The Mean of the Sample