The greater the degrees of freedom, the __________ the sample size and the __________ The t distribution approximates the normal distribution.
A)smaller; more closely
B)larger; more closely
C)larger; less closely
D )smaller; less closely

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The degrees of freedom in a statistical test are directly related to the sample size; more degrees of freedom typically mean a larger sample size. As the degrees of freedom increase, the t distribution becomes more similar to the normal distribution, hence "more closely" approximates the normal distribution.

The Greater the Degrees of Freedom, the __________ the Sample