Increasing the Confidence-Interval Level from .95 to

question 55

Multiple Choice

Increasing the confidence-interval level from .95 to .

• A) increases the likelihood of including the population mean within its limits
• B) decreases the likelihood of including the population mean within its limits
• C) increases the number of degrees of freedom
• D) none of these, since a confidence interval may never include the true population mean

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