One way of decreasing the standard deviation of the distribution of means in a planned study, thereby increasing power, is to have a larger number of participants. Another would be to
A) use a more stringent alpha level.
B) use the sample variance in place of the variance of the population.
C) change the minimum meaningful difference.
D) use a less diverse population.
Answer: D
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