The "Correction" of Subtracting 1 from N in the Denominator

Multiple Choice

The "correction" of subtracting 1 from N in the denominator makes the variance estimate _____ than the sample variance,and hence the variance estimate will be _____ the true population variance than the sample variance,on average.

A) smaller;closer to
B) larger;closer to
C) smaller;farther from
D) larger;farther from