To Increase the Probability That a Confidence Interval Will Include

question 16

Multiple Choice

To increase the probability that a confidence interval will include the population parameter________.

• A) lower the alpha level.
• B) raise the alpha level.
• C) increase the bias of the sample statistic.
• D) set efficiency to zero.

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