When a Researcher Increases the Confidence Level from 95% to 99

question 74

Multiple Choice

When a researcher increases the confidence level from 95% to 99%, the wider interval implies ______.

• A) increased precision in estimating the population mean
• B) a lower confidence that the interval contains the population mean
• C) a loss of precision in estimating the sample mean
• D) decreased precision in estimating the population mean

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