When the Level of Confidence and the Sample Size Remain

question 53

Multiple Choice

When the level of confidence and the sample size remain the same, a confidence interval for a population mean μ will be ________ when the sample standard deviation s is small than when s is large.

• A) wider
• B) narrower
• C) neither wider nor narrower (they will be the same)

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