The degrees of freedom correspond to ________.
A)the number of sample values that are inaccurate
B)the number of population values accurately estimated by the sample values
C)the number of sample values that are free to vary
D)the explicit estimate of the variance

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Degrees of freedom refer to the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary. It is determined by the sample size and the number of parameters estimated from the sample. The larger the degrees of freedom, the more representative the sample statistic is of the population parameter.

The Degrees of Freedom Correspond to ________