In Developing an Interval Estimate for a Population Mean,a Sample

question 135

Multiple Choice

In developing an interval estimate for a population mean,a sample of 50 observations was used.The interval estimate was 19.76 ± 1.32.Had the sample size been 200 instead of 50,the interval estimate would have been:

• A)19.76 ± .33
• B)19.76 ± .66
• C)19.76 ± 5.28
• D)None of these choices.

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