All Else Being Equal, Increasing the Level of Confidence Desired

question 28

Multiple Choice

All else being equal, increasing the level of confidence desired will

• A) tighten the confidence interval.
• B) decrease the margin of error.
• C) leave the margin of error unchanged.
• D) increase the margin of error.
• E) increase the standard error.

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