Which Is More Informative: Confidence Intervals or Significance Tests

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which is more informative: confidence intervals or significance tests?

• A) Significance tests, because they use a P-value.
• B) Significance tests, because they compare two hypotheses.
• C) Confidence intervals, because they estimate the population parameter.
• D) Confidence intervals, because they use sample information.
• E) Significance tests, because they use a P-value, and they compare two hypotheses.

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