A population with a large standard deviation will have a sampling distribution that is more spread out for a given sample size than a similar population with a small standard deviation.

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This is because the standard deviation measures the variability or spread of the data within a population, and a larger standard deviation indicates a wider range of values. Therefore, the sampling distribution of means will also be more spread out for a given sample size.

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