A Statistics Professor Wishes to Estimate the Average Mark on a Term

question 34

Multiple Choice

A statistics professor wishes to estimate the average mark on a term test for a course that has multiple sections and many students. A survey of some of the students registered for the course reveals the following results: If 95% and 98% confidence intervals were developed to estimate the true term test mean, what differences would exist?

• A) Standard errors
• B) Interval widths
• C) Z-values
• D) Both "b" and "c"
• E) None of the choices are correct

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