The Larger the Level of Confidence Used in Constructing a Confidence

question 89

Multiple Choice

The larger the level of confidence used in constructing a confidence interval estimate of the population mean the:

• A) smaller the probability that the confidence interval will contain the population mean.
• B) smaller the value of \(Z _ { \alpha / 2 }\)
• C) wider the confidence interval.
• D) narrower the confidence interval.

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