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

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Subtracting 1 from N in the denominator results in a larger variance estimate, known as the unbiased sample variance, which is closer to the true population variance on average.

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