In Developing an Interval Estimate for a Population Mean, the Population

question 33

True/False

In developing an interval estimate for a population mean, the population standard deviation $\sigma$ was assumed to be 8. The interval estimate was 50.0 ± 2.50. Had $\sigma$ equalled 16, the interval estimate would have been 100 ± 5.0.

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