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document.write( "Please help me with this CI question...Thanks in advance.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q. Why is a 99% confidence interval wider than a 95% confidence interval?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it because we need a bigger interval when we want to be 99% certain that the true value is in it than 95%? I am not positive with my answer. please help! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me with this CI question...Thanks in advance. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q. Why is a 99% confidence interval wider than a 95% confidence interval? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Is it because we need a bigger interval when we want to be 99% certain than<BR>\n" );
document.write( "when we want to be 95% certain.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans:: Yes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Alternate answer:: The Margin of Error (ME) will be larger <BR>\n" );
document.write( "because the z-value for 0.99/2 area will be larger than<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the z-value for 0.95/2 area.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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