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Question 1
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Which of the following statistical distributions are used to find a confidence interval for the population proportion?

Select one:
a. Standard normal distribution. 

b. Chi-square distribution.

c. None of these choices are correct.

d. Student t distribution.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Standard normal distribution.

Question 2
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A 95% confidence interval estimate for a population mean m is determined to be 43.78 to 52.19. If the confidence
level is decreased to 90%, the confidence intervalm:

Select one:
a. remains the same.

b. becomes wider.

c. becomes narrower. 

d. None of these choices are correct.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: becomes narrower.

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Question 3
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A point estimate is defined as:

Select one:
a. the average of the sample values.

b. the average of the population values.

c. an interval within which the population parameter is believed to lie.

d. a single value of an estimator. 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: a single value of an estimator.

Question 4
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Which of the following statistical distributions is used when estimating the population mean when the population
variance is known?

Select one:
a. None of these choices are correct.

b. Student t distribution

c. Chi-square distribution

d. Standard normal distribution 

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Standard normal distribution

Question 5
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The width of a confidence interval estimate of the population mean widens when the:

Select one:
a. level of confidence increases. 

b. sample size increases.

c. Sample mean gets further from the population mean.

d. population standard deviation decreases.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: level of confidence increases.

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Question 6
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Which of the following best describes an interval estimator?

Select one:
a. An interval estimator can only be done for the population mean.

b. An interval estimator is an interval that draws inferences about a population based on a sample statistic. 

c. An interval estimator can only be done for the population proportion.

d. An interval estimator is the same as a point estimator.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: An interval estimator is an interval that draws inferences about a population based on a sample
statistic.

Question 7
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The z value for a 95% confidence interval estimate is:

Select one:
a. 2.00

b. 2.12

c. 1.96 

d. 1.82

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: 1.96

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Question 8
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Which of the following statistical distributions is used when estimating the population mean when the population
variance is unknown?

Select one:
a. Student t distribution. 

b. None of these choices are correct.

c. Standard normal distribution.

d. Chi-square distribution.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Student t distribution.

Question 9
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The sample mean is a consistent estimator of the population mean

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 10
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The width of a confidence interval increases as the level of significance increases.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 11
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An interval estimate is an estimate of the range for a population parameter.

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 12
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An interval estimate is a range of values within which the actual value of a population parameter falls.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 13
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Which of the following is true about the t-distribution?

Select one:
a. It assumes that the population is normally distributed.

b. It approaches the normal distribution as the number of degrees of freedom increases.

c. All of these choices are correct. 

d. It is more spread out than the standard normal distribution.

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: All of these choices are correct.

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