When Computing a Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Two

question 125

Multiple Choice

When computing a confidence interval for the difference between two means, the width of the (1 − α) confidence interval based on the Tukey procedure will be ________ the width of the (1 − α) individual confidence interval based on the t statistic.

• A) greater than
• B) less than
• C) the same as
• D) sometimes greater than, sometimes less than

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