A 95% Confidence Interval for a Population Mean Is Determined $\mu$

question 64

Multiple Choice

A 95% confidence interval for a population mean is determined to be 100 to 120. If the confidence coefficient is reduced to 0.90, the interval for $\mu$

• A)becomes narrower
• B)becomes wider
• C)does not change
• D)becomes 0.1

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