The "Correction" of Subtracting 1 from N in the Denominator

question 16

Multiple Choice

The "correction" of subtracting 1 from N in the denominator makes the variance estimate _____ than the sample variance,and hence the variance estimate will be _____ the true population variance than the sample variance,on average.

• A)smaller;closer to
• B)larger;closer to
• C)smaller;farther from
• D)larger;farther from