If each of given $n$ observations is multiplied by a certain positive number $k$,then for the new set of observations -

  • A
    variance will be unchanged.
  • B
    new variance will be $k$ times old variance.
  • C
    standard deviation will be unchanged.
  • D
    new standard deviation will be $k$ times old standard deviation.

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