A 95% Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Is Determined

question 84

Multiple Choice

A 95% confidence interval for a population mean is determined to be 100 to 120. If the confidence coefficient is reduced to 0.90, the interval for μ

• A) becomes narrower
• B) becomes wider
• C) does not change
• D) becomes 0.1

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