Confidence Interval Flashcards
1
Q
What is a confidence interval?
A
- Confidence interval: an interval that tells us how close x-bar is to the unknown population mean μ
- Point estimate +/- margin of error (E)
2
Q
Standard deviation vs. standard error
A
Parameter vs. statistic
3
Q
What does it mean to be 90% confident?
A
There is a 90% chance of selecting an SRS that capture the population mean