Based on the 2000 Census, the proportion of the California population aged 15 years old or older who are married is p = 0.524. Suppose n = 1000 persons are to be sampled from this population and the sample proportion of married persons (?-hat) is to be calculated. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of ?-hat? A) 0.0158 B) 0.0166 C) 0.2494 D) 0.5240 Solution C) 0.2494.