According to a Report in USA Today, More and More

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to a report in USA Today, more and more parents are helping their young adult children get homes. Suppose eight persons in a random sample of 40 young adults who recently purchased a home in Kentucky received help from their parents. You have been asked to construct a 95% confidence interval for the population proportion of all young adults in Kentucky who received help from their parents. If a 99% confidence interval is constructed instead of a 95% confidence interval for the population proportion, then ________.

• A) the resulting margin of error will increase and the risk of reporting an incorrect interval will increase
• B) the resulting margin of error will decrease and the risk of reporting an incorrect interval will increase
• C) the resulting margin of error will increase and the risk of reporting an incorrect interval will decrease
• D) the resulting margin of error will decrease and the risk of reporting an incorrect interval will decrease

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Definitions:

Optic Nerve

The cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Ganglion Cells

A type of neuron located in the retina that transmits visual information from the photoreceptors to the brain.

Bipolar Cells

Type of neuron found in the retina that acts as a critical relay between photoreceptors and ganglion cells, contributing to the preliminary processing of visual information.

Optic Nerve

A cranial nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.