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Every student taking elementary statistics at a large university (1,100 students) participated in a class project by rolling a 6-sided die 100 times. Each individual student determined the proportion of his or her 100 rolls for which the result was a "1". The instructor plans to draw a histogram of the 1,100 sample proportions.
-What will be the approximate mean for the 1,100 sample proportions?
A) 1/100
B) 1/6
C) 6/100
D) 6

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 Every student taking elementary statistics at a large university (1,100 students) participated in a class project by rolling a 6-sided die 100 times. Each individual student determined the proportion of his or her 100 rolls for which the result was a "1". The instructor plans to draw a histogram of the 1,100 sample proportions.
-What will be the approximate mean for the 1,100 sample proportions?
A) 1/100
B) 1/6
C) 6/100
D) 6

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The mean of the sample proportions will approximate the true probability of rolling a "1" on a 6-sided die, which is 1/6.

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