Chapter 8 Reading Quiz: Confidence Intervals

Learning Objectives:

1.  Construct confidence intervals for a population mean.

2.  Construct confidence intervals for a population proportion.

3.  Interpret the confidence level and decide what confidence level to use depending on the severity of not capturing the population parameter.

4.  Interpret confidence intervals.

5.  Determine the minimum sample size required to guarantee that the confidence interval will have a margin of error no more than a given value.

After you have completed the reading, this quiz will gauge your comprehension of the material.

Student Learning Outcomes Addressed in this Quiz:

4.  Apply confidence intervals and test hypotheses to make conclusions about data that come from practical applications.