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Explain how precision for a confidence interval is related to the width of the confidence interval.

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What do statisticians mean by the term accuracy?



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Answer to Question 1

Precision refers to the distance between the lower limit and the upper limit of a confidence interval. The wider the interval the less the precision.

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Accuracy is the difference between the observed sample statistic and the actual value of the population parameter being estimated. This may also be referred to as estimation error or sampling error.




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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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