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book Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase cover

Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1111827021
book Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase cover

Understanding Basic Statistics 6th Edition by Charles Henry Brase,Corrinne Pellillo Brase

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1111827021
Exercise 45
Critical Thinking: Different Confidence Levels
(a) Suppose that a 95% confidence interval for a difference of proportions contains both positive and negative numbers. Will a 99% confidence interval based on the same data necessarily contain both positive and negative numbers Explain. What about a 90% confidence interval Explain.
(b) Suppose that a 95% confidence interval for a difference of proportions contains all positive numbers. Will a 99% confident interval based on the same data necessarily contain all positive numbers as well Explain. What about a 90% confidence interval Explain.
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