A distribution of means will be less spread out than the population of individuals from which the samples are taken because:
A)in a sample of scores, extremes tend to be balanced out, leaving fewer extreme means
B)in a sample of scores, there tend to be multiple extreme means
C)each sample is based on randomly selected individuals from the population
D)the more individuals in each sample, the more spread out will be the sample means

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In a distribution of means, the extremes of each individual sample are more likely to balance each other out, resulting in less extreme means overall. This is known as the central limit theorem.

A Distribution of Means Will Be Less Spread Out Than