Random samples of size 17 are from a population that has 200 elements, a mean of 36, and a standard deviation of 8. which of the following best describes the from of the sampling distribution of the sample mean for this situation ?

• A. Approximately normal because the sample size is small relative to the population size
• B. Approximately normal because of the central limit theorem
• C. Exactly
• D. None of these alternatives is correct