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The finite population correction n minus n over n minus 1 is what links the two variances

Consider a finite population of size N = 100. Let T1T_{1} be the sample mean of a study variable based on a sample of size n (1 < n < N) under simple random sampling with replacement scheme. Let T2T_{2} be the sample mean of the same study variable based on a sample of size n under simple random sampling without replacement scheme. If Var(T1)=9Var(T2)Var(T_{1}) = 9Var(T_{2}), then the sample size n equals

  1. A.33
  2. B.69
  3. C.89
  4. D.93

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

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Related counterexample: Systematic sampling is always at least as efficient as SRS

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