Which of the Following Statements Is True of Confidence Intervals

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of confidence intervals?

• A)Confidence intervals in a CLM are also referred to as point estimates.
• B)Confidence intervals in a CLM provide a range of likely values for the population parameter.
• C)Confidence intervals in a CLM do not depend on the degrees of freedom of a distribution.
• D)Confidence intervals in a CLM can be truly estimated when heteroskedasticity is present.

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