RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Find the Critical Value( z*) for an 86% Confidence Level. Be careful.
A
-1.48
B
1.48
C
1.282
D
-1.47
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Critical value (z*) for a given confidence level. If we want to be 95% confident, we need to build a confidence interval that extends about 2 standard errors above and below our estimate. More precisely, it’s actually 1.96 standard errors. This is called a critical value (z*).

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: The z-value associated with a two-sided 82% confidence interval is 1.341.

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