The margin of error for a confidence interval for a population is equivalent to the standard deviation times the z-score value, or t-score value depending on the size of the population, for the probability of interest times the standard deviation of the population.

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Answer:

a) true

The margin of error for a confidence interval for a population is equivalent to the standard deviation times the z-score value

Step-by-step explanation:

Margin of error:-

The margin of error for a confidence interval for a population is equivalent to the standard deviation times the z-score value.

Margin of error is defined by

[tex]M.E = \frac{Z_{\alpha } S.D }{\sqrt{n} }[/tex]

Here the population standard deviation is σ

Z- score at 95% of level of significance = 1.96 ≅2

The margin of error = [tex]\frac{2S.D }{\sqrt{n} }[/tex]

The margin of error for a 95% of confidence interval for a sample standard deviation times the t-score.

Margin of error = tₐ S/√n

here 'S' is the sample standard deviation

A precise confidence interval has a small margin of error. three factors determine the margin of error.

  • level of confidence
  • variation of data
  • number of observations