Constructing a Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A 95% CI for a proportion is (0.42, 0.58).

95% 99%

A 99% CI from the same data, compared to the 95% CI, will be:

  • A

    The same width

  • B

    Narrower

  • C

    Cannot tell

  • D

    Wider

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Explanation

Higher confidence requires a larger critical value, producing a wider interval.

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