The Confidence Interval for Standard Deviation Is Different Than That

question 59

Multiple Choice

The confidence interval for standard deviation is different than that for mean in that the point estimate for the standard deviation ________.

• A)is calculated as plus or minus the standard error.
• B)is closer to the left endpoint of the confidence interval.
• C)is the square of the point estimate for the variance.
• D)is closer to the right endpoint of the confidence interval.

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