The Interesting Thing About Confidence Intervals Established Employing Stratified Sampling

Multiple Choice

The interesting thing about confidence intervals established employing stratified sampling is that

A) the within-strata variability does not enter into the calculation of the standard error of estimate.
B) the between-strata variability does not enter into the calculation of the standard error of estimate.
C) neither the within-strata variability nor the between-strata variability enters into the calculation of the standard error of estimate.
D) the confidence interval is wider than that established employing simple random sampling.
E) the sample mean provides a biased estimate of the population mean.