State whether each of the following changes would make a confidence interval wider or narrower.​ (Assume that nothing else​ changes.)   a. Changing from a 99​% confidence level to a 90​% confidence level. b. Changing from a sample size of 30 to a sample size of 250 c. Changing from a standard deviation of 25 pounds to a standard deviation of 30 pods.     a. How will changing from a 99​% confidence level to a 90​% Does confidence level affects the width of the confidence​ interval?   How will changing from a sample size of 30 to a sample size of 250 affect the width of the confidence​ interval? Use a sample mean of​ 95, a sample standard deviation of​ 30, and a confidence level of​ 99%.   Calculate the confidence interval using the values given in the previous​ step, and the original sample​ size, 25 The bounds have been rounded to three decimal places.

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State whether each of the following changes would make a confidence interval wider or narrower.​ (Assume that nothing else​ changes.)
 
a. Changing from a
99​%
confidence level to a
90​%
confidence level.
b. Changing from a sample size of
30
to a sample size of
250
c. Changing from a standard deviation of
25
pounds to a standard deviation of
30
pods.
 
 
a. How will changing from a
99​%
confidence level to a
90​%
Does confidence level affects the width of the confidence​ interval?
 
How will changing from a sample size of
30
to a sample size of
250
affect the width of the confidence​ interval? Use a sample mean of​ 95, a sample standard deviation of​ 30, and a confidence level of​ 99%.
 
Calculate the confidence interval using the values given in the previous​ step, and the original sample​ size,
25
The bounds have been rounded to three decimal places.
 
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