In Constructing a 95 Percent Confidence Interval,if You Increase N

question 24

Multiple Choice

In constructing a 95 percent confidence interval,if you increase n to 4n,the width of your confidence interval will (assuming other things remain the same) be:

• A) about 25 percent of its former width.
• B) about two times wider.
• C) about 50 percent of its former width.
• D) about four times wider.

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