In almost all cases,the margin of sample error of a random sample is ________ the size of the population.
A)independent of
B)directly proportional to
C)related to
D)indirectly related to

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The margin of error of a random sample is primarily determined by the size of the sample and the variability of the population, not the size of the population itself. This means that whether the population is 1,000 or 1 million, the margin of error for a sample of a given size from that population does not change based on the population size.

In Almost All Cases,the Margin of Sample Error of a Random