The Student Newspaper at a College Asks a Simple Random

question 27

Multiple Choice

The student newspaper at a college asks a simple random sample of 250 undergraduates, "Do you favor eliminating supplemental fees for lab courses?" In all, 150 of the 250 are in favor of eliminating such fees.
A 90% confidence interval based on this same sample would have

• A) the same center and a larger margin of error.
• B) the same center and a smaller margin of error.
• C) a larger margin of error and probably a different center.
• D) a smaller margin of error and probably a different center.
• E) the same center, but the margin of error changes randomly.

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