The standard error of the population proportion will become larger
A) as population proportion approaches 0.
B) as population proportion approaches 0.50.
C) as the sample size increases.
D) as population proportion approaches 1.00.

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The standard error of the population proportion becomes larger as the population proportion approaches 0.50 because the formula for the standard error of a proportion includes the term sqrt[p(1-p)/n], where p is the population proportion and n is the sample size. The value of p(1-p) reaches its maximum at p = 0.5, making the standard error largest at this point.

The Standard Error of the Population Proportion Will Become Larger