A deft value of 3 indicates:
A) that the standard error is three times as large as it would have been had the design had been a simple random sample.
B) that the standard error is 1.5 as large as it would have been had the design been a simple random sample.
C) that the standard error is one-third times as it would have been had the design been a simple random sample.
D) None of these.

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The deft value (design effect) of 3 indicates that the standard error is three times as large as it would have been had the design been a simple random sample.

A Deft Value of 3 Indicates