| When you have completed this chapter, you will be able to: | |
| LO 8-1 | Explain why a sample is often the only feasible way to learn something about a population. |
| LO 8-2 | Describe methods to select a sample. |
| LO 8-3 | Define sampling error. |
| LO 8-4 | Describe the sampling distribution of the sample mean. |
| LO 8-5 | Explain the central limit theorem. |
| LO 8-6 | Define the standard error of the mean. |
| LO 8-7 | Apply the central limit theorem to find probabilities of selecting possible sample means from a specified population. |