A sample mean is the best point estimate of the
A) population standard deviation.
B) population median.
C) population mean.
D) the sample standard deviation.
E) the population variance.

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The sample mean is the best point estimate of the population mean, which represents the central tendency of the data in a population. The other options are not appropriate because a sample mean cannot estimate a population standard deviation, median, or variance directly, and cannot estimate a sample standard deviation because the sample size is too small.

A Sample Mean Is the Best Point Estimate of the