The actual variability in the population is:
A) The same size as the variability in the sampling distribution of means.
B) Bigger than the variability in the sampling distribution of means.
C) Smaller than the variability in the sampling distribution of means.
D) Unrelated to the variability in the sampling distribution of means.

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The actual variability in the population is typically bigger than the variability in the sampling distribution of means. This is because the sampling distribution of means tends to be more concentrated around the population mean, especially as sample size increases, due to the Central Limit Theorem.

The Actual Variability in the Population Is