Suppose a simple random sample of five hospitals is to be drawn from a population of 20 hospitals.There are 15,504 different samples of size 5 that can be drawn.The relative frequency distribution of the values of the mean of these 15,504 different samples would specify the ________ of the mean.
A) confidence level
B) sampling distribution
C) confidence interval
D) normal distribution

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The sampling distribution of the mean would specify the relative frequency distribution of the means of all possible samples of size 5 that could be drawn from the population of 20 hospitals. Therefore, the correct answer is B - sampling distribution. Confidence level and confidence interval refer to specific intervals that are constructed based on the sample mean to estimate the population mean, and normal distribution refers to a specific type of probability distribution.

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