What is the effect on a confidence interval if one decreases both sample size and the level of confidence?

What will be an ideal response?


Decreasing sample size would reduce precision and decreasing the level of confidence would increase precision.

Sociology

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a. understanding the world in terms of our senses. b. the exchange of symbols. c. a mix of biological instinct and learning. d. acting but not thinking.

Sociology

Numerous prison riots over the past decade have involved

a. protests over prison conditions including overcrowding. b. protests over the length of sentences prisoners receive. c. radicals who wish to overthrow our criminal justice system. d. protests over prisoners being asked to work for wages.

Sociology

Generalizing from the text, in which nation are people apt to retire at the youngest ages?

A) Mexico" B) the United States C) Scandinavia D) Poland.

Sociology

According to Yeh et al. (2006), which of the following statements is true about sexual satisfaction and marital satisfaction?

A. Sexual satisfaction is likely to be the cause of, rather than the result of, marital satisfaction. B. The age of couples and the amount of years a couple has spent together necessarily diminish the quality of their sex life. C. The extent to which partners express affection is less important than sexual satisfaction. D. A high degree of sexual satisfaction early in marriage tends to increase the quality and the stability of the marriage.

Sociology