The standard deviation of the population is ____ the standard error of the mean.
A) equal to
B) larger than
C) smaller than
D) not related to

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The standard deviation of the population is a measure of the dispersion of individual data points around the mean of the population, while the standard error of the mean measures how far the sample mean is likely to be from the population mean. The standard error of the mean decreases as the sample size increases, making it generally smaller than the population standard deviation unless the sample size is very small.

The Standard Deviation of the Population Is ____ the Standard