The Standard Error of the Mean Decreases in Direct Proportion

question 11

Multiple Choice

The standard error of the mean decreases in direct proportion with the

• A) the number of subjects squared
• B) square root of the number of subjects divided by the standard deviation
• C) the number of subjects
• D) anticipated variability of the data

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