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Answer:
a. Fred's margin of error is larger than Ted's.
Step-by-step explanation:
Margin of error of a confidence interval:
[tex]M = z\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]
In which z is related to the confidence level(the higher the confidence level the larger the value of z) [tex]\sigma[/tex] is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.
From this, we have that:
A higher confidence level leads to a larger margin of error.
A larger sample size leads to a smaller margin of error.
In this question:
Same confidence level.
Fred's sample is smaller, so his margin of error will be larger.
The correct answer is given by option a.
For the same confidence level, Fred's sample is smaller, so hir margin of error will be larger. The correct option is A.
What is normal a distribution?
It is also called the Gaussian Distribution. It is the most important continuous probability distribution. The curve looks like a bell, so it is also called a bell curve.
Fred and Ted are interested in the average height of NC State students.
They randomly sample students from NC State and construct confidence intervals from their data.
Fred sampled 121 students to construct his confidence interval.
Ted sampled 144 students to construct his confidence interval.
The margin of error of a confidence interval
[tex]\rm M =z \dfrac{\sigma }{\sqrt{n}}[/tex]
Where z is related to the confidence level, [tex]\sigma[/tex] is the standard deviation level and n is a sample size.
By the formula, we have
A higher confidence level leads to a larger margin of error.
A larger sample size leads to a small margin of error.
For the same confidence level, Fred's sample is smaller, so hir margin of error will be larger. The correct option is A.
More about the normal distribution link is given below.
https://brainly.com/question/12421652
