tasneembanu Forum Guru
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| | 07/23/04 - 02:50 PM  
 
   
 
|   #1 |
what happens to the std error of the mean and the confidence interval if sample size decreases?
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| mash Forum Fanatic
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| | 07/23/04 - 03:03 PM  
 
   
 
|   #2 |
it shud increase coz std error of mean =s.d /sq root of n if n decreases---> std error of mean will increase CI =mean +/- z(std error of mean) if n decreases ---> CI will increase
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| tasneembanu Forum Guru
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| | 07/24/04 - 06:41 AM  
 
   
 
|   #3 |
thanks mash
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