Decreasing the Sample Size Causes the Sampling Distribution of

question 37

Multiple Choice

Decreasing the sample size causes the sampling distribution of to ________.

• A) shift to the right
• B) shift to the left
• C) have more dispersion
• D) have less dispersion
• E) stay unchanged

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