Multiple Choice
A national survey by Gallup interviewed 1014 adults and found that they had consumed, on average, 4.2 alcoholic beverages in the past seven days. If the survey had interviewed 5000 adults, which of the following statements would be TRUE?
A) By the law of large numbers, the average weekly number of drinks would again be 4.2.
B) By the law of large numbers, the average weekly number of drinks in the sample of 5000 adults would have to be closer to the true mean weekly number of drinks consumed by all American adults than the average found in this sample of 1014 adults.
C) The average weekly number of drinks computed from the sample of 5000 people would be less accurate because larger samples tend to be more variable than smaller samples.
D) None of the above
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