A Manager of a Local Store Wants to Estimate the Mean

question 74

Multiple Choice

A manager of a local store wants to estimate the mean amount spent per shopping visit by customers. Summary statistics from a sample taken reveal the following: If 95% and 98% confidence intervals were developed to estimate the true shopping expenditure, what differences would exist?

• A) Standard errors
• B) Interval widths
• C) t-values
• D) Both interval widths and t-values
• E) Both standard errors and interval widths

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