The Likelihood That a Specified Interval Will Contain the Population

question 37

Multiple Choice

The likelihood that a specified interval will contain the population parameter is referred to as

• A)an upper bound.
• B)a lower bound.
• C)the confidence level.
• D)the margin of error.

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Definitions:

Sample Proportion

The ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials or times the activity is performed.

Control Chart

A graph used to study how a process changes over time, displaying data points in time order and often including control limits to detect anomalies.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean.

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of sample values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the sample.