To Decrease the Probability That a Confidence Interval Will NOT

question 53

Multiple Choice

To decrease the probability that a confidence interval will NOT 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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