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Which Confidence Level Produces the Widest Interval? Explained!
Chapter 6, Problem 3(choose chapter or problem)
For the same sample statistics, which level of confidence would produce the widest confidence interval? Explain your reasoning.
(a) 90%
(b) 95%
(c) 98%
(d) 99%
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QUESTION:
For the same sample statistics, which level of confidence would produce the widest confidence interval? Explain your reasoning.
(a) 90%
(b) 95%
(c) 98%
(d) 99%
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
Confidence intervals are a range of values derived from a procedure that estimates the true population parameter. The level of confidence tells us the probability that the range of values contains the true population parameter. The higher the confidence level, the more likely it is that our interval contains the true parameter.
However, there is a trade-off. As the level of confidence increases, the range of the confidence interval also increases.
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