The spread of the sampling distribution of is ____________ the spread of the corresponding population distribution sampling distribution.
A) larger than
B) smaller than
C) the same as
D) exactly ½

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The spread of the sampling distribution is smaller than the spread of the corresponding population distribution because the Central Limit Theorem states that as sample size increases, the sampling distribution becomes more and more normally distributed with a smaller spread.

The Spread of the Sampling Distribution of Is ____________ the Spread