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 (ρ-hat) is to be calculated. What is the mean of the sampling distribution of ρ-hat?
A) 0.0158
B) 0.0166
C) 0.2494
D) 0.5240