The sampling error is the
A) same as the standard error of the mean.
B) difference between the value of the sample mean and the value of the population mean.
C) error caused by selecting a bad sample.
D) standard deviation multiplied by the sample size.

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The sampling error is the difference between the sample mean and the population mean, which cannot be avoided due to the nature of sampling. It is not the same as the standard error of the mean, which is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean. It is also not caused by selecting a bad sample or calculated by multiplying the standard deviation by sample size.

The Sampling Error Is the