Question:Jamieson and Romer, (2008), evaluated children’s believes
concerning life expectancy in a diverse sample of American...
Question
Jamieson and Romer, (2008), evaluated children’s believes
concerning life expectancy in a diverse sample of American...
Jamieson and Romer, (2008), evaluated children’s believes
concerning life expectancy in a diverse sample of American
children. In their study, they reported add a 95% CI that
approximately one out of every 15 years interviewed (6.7%[5.9%,
7.5%]) responded that they agreed they would not live much past the
age of 30.
a. what is the point estimate an interval estimate for these
data
b. these researchers computed and 80% CIA, how would this
change the precision and certainty of their estimate ?