What Happens to the Standard Deviation of the Sample Mean

question 37

Multiple Choice

What happens to the standard deviation of the sample mean, if we change the sample size from 25 to 100?

• A)It is decreased by a factor of 4.
• B)It is increased by a factor of 4.
• C)It is decreased by a factor of 2.
• D)It is decreased by a factor of 16.
• E)None of the above.

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