If Sample Variance Is Computed by Dividing SS by Df

question 18

Multiple Choice

If sample variance is computed by dividing SS by df = n - 1,then the average value of the sample variances from all the possible random samples will be ____ the population variance.​

• A)​smaller than
• B)​larger than
• C)​exactly equal to
• D)​unrelated to

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