Consider the Following

question 72

Essay

Consider the following:

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Definitions:

Margin of Error

The largest anticipated discrepancy between the actual population parameter and its estimate derived from a sample.

Normal Distribution

A symmetric, bell-shaped distribution of data in which most of the observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Confidence Interval

A statistical range, with a certain level of confidence, that is likely to contain the true value of an unknown parameter.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the precision of a sample mean.