40,492 views
12 votes
12 votes
One hundred tomato plants were randomly selected from a large garden, and a 90% confidence interval was computed to determine the true proportion of plants that produce useable tomatoes. The interval is 0.86 to 0.92.

What would happen to the width of the confidence interval if the confidence level increased to 95%?
The width of the interval would decrease.
The width of the interval would increase.
The width of the interval would stay approximately the same.
There are too many variables to consider to be able to determine how the width would be affected.
ITS B

User Elisa
by
3.0k points

1 Answer

22 votes
22 votes

Answer:

B : The width of the interval would increase

Explanation:

One hundred tomato plants were randomly selected from a large garden, and a 90% confidence-example-1
User Martin Turjak
by
3.2k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.