Refer to the Exploring Confidence Intervals applet. a. Use the applet to find the values of z

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Refer to the Exploring Confidence Intervals applet.

a. Use the applet to find the values of za/2 for a 99% confidence interval. For a 95% confidence interval? For a 90% confidence interval?

b. What effect does reducing the confidence level have on the width of the confidence interval?

c. A narrower interval indicates a more precise estimate of μ, consisting of a smaller range of values. To obtain a more precise estimate by using a smaller z-value, what has been sacrificed?

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Introduction To Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780495389538

13th Edition

Authors: William Mendenhall, Robert J. Beaver, Barbara M. Beaver

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