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pepyto

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on: Jul 24, 2018
Suppose you do not know anything about what the true population mean is, and you want to estimate it using a sample mean. Which statistical technique would you use, a confidence interval or a hypothesis test?

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Name the two basic techniques researchers use to summarize and draw conclusions about a population based on their statistical results from a sample.


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britb2u

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A CONFIDENCE INTERVAL.

Answer to Question 2

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING.


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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