A Small Difference Between Means May Not Be Statistically Significant

question 18

Multiple Choice

A small difference between means may not be statistically significant with a small sample, but it could reach statistical significance with a large sample because:

• A) the overlap between distributions grows as sample size increases.
• B) as N increases, the standard error gets smaller, reflecting less variability in sample means, which allows greater sensitivity to detect small but significant differences.
• C) as N increases, distributions get more heterogeneous, allowing small differences to be detected.
• D) the difference between means gets larger as sample size increases.

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