Which of the Following Best Describes a Confidence Interval

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes a confidence interval?

• A) A range of values around a population parameter that is likely to contain the sample estimate.
• B) A range of values around a sample estimate that is likely to contain the population parameter.
• C) The width of the region within which the population mean lies.
• D) The width of the region within which the sample mean lies.

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Definitions:

Formal-Operational Thought

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development where individuals develop the ability to think about abstract concepts, hypothetical situations, and use logic.

Piaget's Ideas

The theories of cognitive development proposed by Jean Piaget, emphasizing how children progress through distinct stages of development.

Transitivity

Principle that says if a relation holds between a first object and a second object, and holds between the second object and a third object, then it holds between the first object and the third object. Piaget argued that an understanding of transitivity is characteristic of concrete operational thought.

Logical

Pertaining to the use of reason and systematic thinking to analyze and form judgments.