document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1046979>Question 1046979</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having trouble grasping the confidence intervals.  My question is...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would I still be able to use a sample of 10?  My guess would be yes, but the bigger the sample size the more accurate it is to the population.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #662451 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><B>ewatrrr(24785)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ewatrrr><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=662451\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As to Margin of Error and Confidence Intervals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CI = mean - ME <<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+mu+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+mu+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >< mean + ME<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ME = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=z%28alpha%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"z%28alpha%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=alpha ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"alpha\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > being the population standard of deviation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ME = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%28s%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%28s%2Fsqrt%28n%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > s being the standard deviation of the sampled data,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " t-value a corrected value by sample size:  (n-1) used<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Regardless which of the above are used...knowing the Population Standard Deviation or not...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Smaller the n, the Larger the Margin of Error will be.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ME = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%28s%2Fsqrt%2810%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%28s%2Fsqrt%2810%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ME will be Larger than for ex. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%28s%2Fsqrt%28100%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%28s%2Fsqrt%28100%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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