For a 95% Confidence Level, Using the Boundaries That Capture

question 30

True/False

For a 95% confidence level, using the boundaries that capture the middle 95% of the bootstrap distribution is equivalent to getting a value for minus a number, and for plus a number. The numbers subtracted and added won't be the same since the bootstrap distribution would not be symmetric.

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