The sampling distribution of the sample means
A) is the probability distribution showing all possible values of the sample mean.
B) is used as a point estimator of the population mean μ.
C) is an unbiased estimator.
D) shows the distribution of all possible values of μ.

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The sampling distribution of the sample means is a probability distribution showing all possible values of the sample mean, which is formed by taking repeated samples of the same size from a population and calculating the mean of each sample. This distribution provides important information about the characteristics of the population from which the samples are drawn, including the mean and standard deviation. It is not a point estimator of the population mean, nor is it itself an unbiased estimator.

The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Means