Confidence Interval Flashcards

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What is a confidence interval?

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  • Confidence interval: an interval that tells us how close x-bar is to the unknown population mean μ
  • Point estimate +/- margin of error (E)
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Standard deviation vs. standard error

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Parameter vs. statistic

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What does it mean to be 90% confident?

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There is a 90% chance of selecting an SRS that capture the population mean

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