As You Increase the Number of Observations in a Sample

question 62

Multiple Choice

As you increase the number of observations in a sample from 50 to 500, you are most likely to

• A) leave the mean and standard deviation approximately unchanged.
• B) increase the variability as the sample size increases.
• C) decrease the variability as the sample size increases.
• D) make the shape of the distribution more skewed.

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