Consider the article, 'Scientists' Grasp of Confidence Intervals
Doesn't Inspire Confidence.' Suppose you are interested in
estimating the mean of a well-defined population. You take many
samples from the population, and make a confidence interval based
on each sample. Choose the best answer below.
The point estimate of the population mean will stay the same
from sample to sample. |
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The true population mean will stay the same from sample to
sample. |
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The confidence interval will stay the same from sample to
sample. |