A variable of a population has a left-skewed distribution. a. If a large simple random sample is taken from the population, roughly what shape will the distribution of the sample have? Explain your answer.b. If two simple random samples are taken from the population, would you expect the two sample distributions to have identical shapes? Explain your answer.c. If two simple random samples are taken from the population, would you expect the two sample distributions to have similar shapes? If so, what shape would that be? Explain your answers.

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A variable of a population has a left-skewed distribution.

a. If a large simple random sample is taken from the population, roughly what shape will the distribution of the sample have? Explain your answer.
b. If two simple random samples are taken from the population, would you expect the two sample distributions to have identical shapes? Explain your answer.
c. If two simple random samples are taken from the population, would you expect the two sample distributions to have similar shapes? If so, what shape would that be? Explain your answers.

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