Dividing the variance of the population of individuals by the number of individuals in each sample yields
A)the standard deviation of the population.
B)the variance of the distribution of means.
C)an estimate of the sample's standard deviation.
D)the average deviation of the distribution of means.

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Dividing the variance of the population by the number of individuals in each sample gives the variance of the distribution of means. This is known as the standard error of the mean and is a measure of the variability of the sample mean compared to the population mean.

Dividing the Variance of the Population of Individuals by the Number