SOLUTION: why is a 99% confidence interval wider than 95% confidence interval?

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Question 1055491: why is a 99% confidence interval wider than 95% confidence interval?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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ME =+z%2Asigma%2Fsqrt%28n%29
check out z-values...
2.576 > 1.645
Multiplying by a greater z-value makes interval wider
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= CI z = value
90% z =1.645
92% z = 1.751
95% z = 1.96 ***
98% z = 2.326
99% z = 2.576 ****