Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
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Author: Neil A. Weiss
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8.2, Problem 59E
In each of Exercises 8.53–8.60, answer true or false to each statement concerning a confidence interval for a population mean. Give reasons for your answers.
8.59 The margin of error can be determined if you know only the confidence level, population standard deviation, and
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Introductory Statistics (10th Edition)
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