The Sample Variance

question 77

Multiple Choice

The sample variance

• A) is always smaller than the true value of the population variance.
• B) is always larger than the true value of the population variance.
• C) could be smaller, equal to, or larger than the true value of the population variance.
• D) can never be zero.

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