The Standard Error of Sample Mean $x$ Is Large When the Observations in the Population Are Spread

question 46

True/False

The standard error of sample mean $x$
is large when the observations in the population are spread out (large $\sigma$
),but that the standard error can be reduced by taking a smaller sample.

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