SOLUTION: You have produced a confidence interval for your supervisor, and she says, "This interval is too wide to be of any practical value." What ae your options for producing a narrower
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Question 757740: You have produced a confidence interval for your supervisor, and she says, "This interval is too wide to be of any practical value." What ae your options for producing a narrower interval in the next study of this same type? Which optioin would you choose if the study might have consequences that are vital to the future of the firm?
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You have produced a confidence interval for your supervisor, and she says, "This interval is too wide to be of any practical value." What ae your options for producing a narrower interval in the next study of this same type?
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Since the width of the CI is ALWAYS 2*(the margin of error)
and, since the length of ME inversely related to the sample size,
increase the sample size so the CI will be narrower.
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cheers,
Stan H.
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Which option would you choose if the study might have consequences that are vital to the future of the firm?
Get a larger sample.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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