A random sample of 20 electricians is obtained and the monthly income is recorded for each one. A researcherplans to use the bootstrap method with 1000 resamples to obtain a 90% confidence interval for the meanmonthly income of all electricians. Which of the following is not true of the resamples?
A) Each resample will be selected from the population.
B) Each resample will be selected with replacement.
C) Each resample will be selected from the original sample.
D) Each resample will be of the same size as the original sample.

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The bootstrap method involves resampling with replacement from the original sample, not the population.

A Random Sample of 20 Electricians Is Obtained and the Monthly